Breaking News, November 25 | HIGHLIGHTS

Delhi recorded eight fresh COVID-19 cases on Friday with a positivity rate of 0.21 per cent, according to data shared by the Health department.

The death toll from an earthquake that struck Indonesia’s Java island early this week rose to 310 after rescuers found more bodies under landslides, an official said. At least 24 people remain missing.

The final round of the three-phase panchayat elections for sarpanches and panches of gram panchayats concluded on Friday with over 84 per cent polling in four districts of Haryana, officials said.

Farmer unions will take out marches to Raj Bhavans across the country on Saturday to mark two years since they launched their agitation against three farm laws of the Centre that have since been scrapped.

The Election Commission on Friday directed officials for a review of the deletions and additions in the electoral rolls of three Assembly seats in Karnataka and ordered the suspension of two additional district election officials after allegations of "electoral fraud" in the state.

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday said the Aam Aadmi Party's national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was a "political freelancer." Speaking at a press conference at the BJP's media centre here, Prasad said AAP would be rejected by the people of Gujarat where two-phase Assembly polls are scheduled for December 1 and 5.

At least 12 people, including three police personnel, were injured as the Congress's state-level Bharat Jodo Yatra was attacked at two places in Tripura on Friday, police said.

Polygraph test of the Aaftab Amin, accused in Shraddha murder case could not be held today.

Jammu and Kashmir govt announces winter vacations for all the government and recognised private schools of Kashmir and winter zones of Jammu in a phased manner, beginning December 1.

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain an application seeking intervention in a batch of pleas challenging the Centre's November 8, 2016 decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes.

Scholar-activist Anand Teltumbde, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, is likely to walk out of prison on Saturday after the Supreme Court rejected the National Investigation Agency's (NIA) plea challenging the bail granted to him.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been "very firm" on China and he should be judged by the strong deployment of our forces on the Sino-India border, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday, rejecting the Opposition's criticism of the prime minister's recent handshake with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will co-chair the fourth India-France Annual Defence Dialogue with the Minister of Armed Forces of the French Republic Sebastien Lecornu on his visit to India from November 26-28, officials said.

Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Friday said any violence against women should not be seen through the prism of religion and such incidents should be condemned outrightly by all without any prejudice.

Pakistan Army’s Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Azhar Abbas -- one of the six names apparently shortlisted for the post of the Chief of Army Staff -- has decided to seek early retirement, a leading Pakistani news channel reported on Friday, quoting a family source as saying.

Lt Gen Dwivedi reviewed security arrangements and preparedness of troops at LoC today.

Preparations for the G20 meetings in India are on course and the first meeting under the tourism track will be held in the picturesque Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, a top official said here on Friday. Union Tourism Secretary Arvind Singh also told reporters on the sidelines of an event at the UN House that sustainability will be one of the priority areas when India hosts the G20 events.

Scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) commenced the countdown on Friday for the launch of Earth Observation Satellite - Oceansat - and eight other customer satellites on a PSLV-C54 rocket from the spaceport of Sriharikota on Saturday.

Union minister Piyush Goyal on Friday released the BJP's party manifesto 'Sankalp Patra' for Delhi MCD polls which includes bringing all services online and 100 per cent garbage processing.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in Constitution Day celebrations in the Supreme Court on Saturday, his office said. Since 2015, November 26 is observed as Constitution Day to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of India by the Constituent Assembly in 1949.
Earlier, the day was observed as Law Day.

AAP Delhi convener and minister Gopal Rai Friday asserted his party will solve the city's garbage management problem within five years, if voted to power in the MCD, saying the BJP failed in its 15-year-tenure in the civic body.

A senior assistant in the health department was booked in connection with an alleged fraudulent recruitment of close to 350 class IV staff, including ward boys, sweepers, guards and midwives, police said on Friday. The FIR was lodged on the complaint of Additional Chief Medical Officer (ACMO) Sarvesh Kumar Gupta at Kotwali Police station.

The Uttarakhand High Court has upheld the order of the Speaker revoking 228 ad-hoc appointments in the state assembly secretariat.

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Sri Lanka's all Tamil political parties based in the East and the North are set to meet on Friday to push for federalism ahead of President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s proposed all-party meeting next month to address the long-held demand for political autonomy for the minority community in the country.

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre and Attorney General R Venkataramani on two pleas by gay couples seeking a direction that their marriage be recognised under the special marriage law. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice Hima Kohli heard the brief submissions of senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi before issuing the notices on the pleas.

The CBI on Friday filed its first charge sheet against seven accused in the Delhi Excise policy scam case, officials said.

A suspicious polythene bag has been found on a bus near Nashri Naka in Ramban. 

Several people sustained injuries in an accident after the driver of a private bus lost control and the vehicle overturned in Kondazhi in this central Kerala district on Friday.

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Calcutta High Court orders directing CBI investigation into filing of an application by the West Bengal Central School Service Commission (SSC) in a case related to the teachers' recruitment scam. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice Hima Kohli also stayed the part of the order by which the single-judge bench of the high court had summoned West Bengal Principal Secretary Manish Jain before it Friday in relation to the filing of the fresh application by the West Bengal Central SSC.

 12-year-old girl was found dead in a sugarcane field here with her hands tied and mouth stuffed with cloth, police said on Friday. Villagers have expressed apprehension that the girl was raped and police have detained three people for questioning.

Equity benchmarks fell in early trade on Friday, halting their three-day rally, amid a largely weak trend in other Asian markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 101.03 points to 62,171.65 in early trade. The broader NSE Nifty dipped 24.20 points to 18,459.90.

More than 50 shops were gutted in a massive fire in the wholesale market of Bhagirat Palace area in North Delhi's Chandni Chowk even as operations to douse the blaze were underway since Thursday night, police said. However, no injuries have been reported so far, they said.

Three persons have been arrested for allegedly flying a camera-mounted drone near a venue of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally at Bavla village in Ahmedabad district, police said. Modi addressed a rally at the village on Thursday as part of the BJP's campaign for the Gujarat Assembly polls.

Seventeen percent of the voters exercised their franchise in the first three hours of polling on Friday to elect sarpanches and panches of gram panchayats in four districts of Haryana in the final phase of panchayat polls, officials said. Polling began at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm in the four districts of Faridabad, Fatehabad, Hisar and Palwal.

Kerala police have arrested a woman and her daughter for allegedly using fake currency notes to purchase lottery tickets from the Kottayam market. Kottayam West Police arrested Ambalappuzha residents Vilasini (68) and her daughter Sheeba (34) on Thursday.

ristiano Ronaldo closed his eyes, took in a deep breath and then made World Cup history. The Portugal striker became the first male player to score at five World Cups with his 65th-minute penalty in a 3-2 win over Ghana on Thursday.

 The co-owner of the Colorado Springs gay nightclub where a shooter turned a drag queen's birthday celebration into a massacre said he thinks the shooting that killed five people and injured 17 others is a reflection of anti-LGBTQ sentiment that has evolved from prejudice to incitement.

JNU Vice Chancellor Santishree D Pandit on Thursday said that ‘Amrit Kal’ cannot come in the country without women empowerment even as she asked why there were so few women in top leadership. She also said the country should think of ways to bring young girls who are forced to leave studies back to education.

A landmine weighing 40 kg was found in a forest in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district on Thursday, police said. The landmine was found in a forest near the Kharki village in Bishnugarh police station area, they said.

Rajasthan BJP president Satish Poonia on Thursday rejected as baseless Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's allegations that his party had a role in the rebellion by a group of Congress MLAs led by Sachin Pilot in 2020.

Delhi Metro will run trains on both up and down lines with automated signalling system in the Grey Line section between Najafgfarh and Dhansa Bus Stand from Friday onwards, officials said. Till now, services on this section were being operated through single line on manual mode, a DMRC official said on Thursday.

The remains of a human body were recovered from a trolley bag in the Aravalli hills area near Pali Road here on Thursday, police said. The parts were discovered by a man who had gone to the hills, the police said.

The Congress' Uttarakhand unit chief Karan Mahara on Thursday alleged that the BJP's "sleeping cells" had entered the party and were trying to weaken it in every way. While Mahara did not take any names, he said anyone speaking against a Congress leader must be hand-in-glove with the BJP.

New Twitter owner Elon Musk has said he is granting "amnesty" for suspended accounts, which online safety experts predict will spur a rise in harassment, hate speech and misinformation. The billionaire's announcement came on Thursday after he asked in a poll posted to his timeline to vote on reinstatements for accounts that have not "broken the law or engaged in egregious spam". The yes vote was 72 per cent.