Breaking News, November 28 | HIGHLIGHTS

Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said diamond businessmen and jewellers in Surat city in Gujarat should be conferred Bharat Ratna for their contribution to the country's economy.

The White House said on Monday that China's zero-Covid policy is unlikely to work and reaffirmed that everyone around the world has the right to protest peacefully, amidst unprecedented demonstrations in the Communist nation over its stringent policy.

The government will make e-filing of consumer complaints compulsory from April next year, a move that is also expected to help in faster redressal of the grievances, a senior official said on Monday. Currently, people can file complaints before consumer commissions or courts, both in physical and online mode.

Ahead of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' in Rajasthan, a committee comprising three state ministers on Monday held talks with a delegation from Gujjar community to address their demands related to reservation and other issues.

Somali forces on Monday were still trying to flush out armed assailants who attacked a hotel in the capital Mogadishu, killing at least four people, according to residents.

Police van carrying Shradhha murder accused Aftab Poonawalla was attacked by at least 2 men carrying swords who claim to be from Hindu Sena, outside FSL office in Delhi.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said resolving people's problems was the Uttar Pradesh government's priority and instructed officials to act swiftly to address their grievances.

Son of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, Rishikesh Deshmukh, got bail in money laundering case from PMLA court on Monday.

A joint military exercise between troops of India and Malaysia began on Monday that aims to enhance inter-operability in planning and execution of various operations in jungle terrain, the defence ministry here said. 

The Delhi Police has recovered some weapons that were used to chop off Shraddha's body. Police have also recovered Shraddha's ring that Aftab had gifted to another girl whom he invited to his flat: Delhi Police Sources

An internal survey of Delhi BJP has shown that the party may win 170 of 250 wards in the MCD polls next month, a senior party leader said here on Monday. The survey having a sample size of 43,750 voters was conducted between November 13 and November 25, Delhi BJP media head Harish Khurana told PTI.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said he is gathering information regarding developments in various states and what the Constitution says vis-a-vis the "Uniform Civil Code" (UCC), and any decision on implementing it in the state, will be taken after going through them. He also clarified that Union Home Minister Amit Shah has not spoken to him in this regard.

The Delhi High Court Monday sought response of the Lieutenant Governor and Delhi government on a plea by the state think-tank DDCD's vice chairman Jasmine Shah challenging an order restraining him from discharging his duties and sealing his office.  

One person was killed, and three were injured here on Monday after a truck went out of control and rammed into a group of bikers.

Former Gujarat minister Jaynarayan Vyas, who resigned from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party earlier this month, joined the opposition Congress on Monday. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge inducted 75-year-old Vyas into the party in Ahmedabad.

Mankind Pharma on Monday said it has acquired a majority stake in Upakarma Ayurveda, engaged in developing, manufacturing and selling ayurvedic and herbal products for an undisclosed amount. The company's decision to invest will empower Upakarma Ayurveda to develop a wider range of products and offerings, the drug firm said in a statement.

Dr Oleh Duda, a cancer surgeon at a hospital in Lviv, Ukraine, was in the middle of a complicated, dangerous surgery when he heard explosions nearby.
Moments later, the lights went out. Duda had no choice but to keep working with only a headlamp for light. The lights came back when a generator kicked in three minutes later, but it felt like an eternity.

The Maharashtra government on Monday moved the Bombay High Court challenging an order passed by the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal directing it to create a provision for transgenders in the application form for posts under the home department. The petition was mentioned before a division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Abhay Ahuja seeking urgent hearing to stay the tribunal order. The bench said it would hear the matter on November 30.

A woman, along with her son, was arrested for allegedly killing her husband and chopping the body into 22 pieces in east Delhi's Pandav Nagar, police said on Monday. Poonam and Deepak kept the body parts of Anjan Das in a fridge and would dispose them of at different places in east Delhi, they said. 

Police have arrested two members of a gang from Bihar that allegedly robbed gold worth around Rs 5 crore and Rs 3.5 lakh in cash from a bank in Madhya Pradesh's Katni district, an official said on Monday. Six members of the gang on Saturday looted the valuables and cash at gunpoint from the gold loan offering bank in Bargawan area, he said.

Two men were killed when their motorcycles collided with each other in Rampur Maniharan police station area here, police said on Monday. The accident occurred on Sunday night near Sadhauli Hariya village, Superintendnet of Police (rural) Suraj Rai said.

Over 3,000 persons have been booked in connection with violent clashes during an ongoing protest against the Adani port project in Kerala's Vizhinjam area on Sunday night. Police said cases have been registered against 3,000 'identifiable persons' for vandalising a police station and injuring police personnel. As many as 36 police personnel were reported to be injured in the violence that ensued.

The protests against COVID-19 lockdowns have spread to Beijing even as China reported close to 40,000 coronavirus cases on Monday as authorities scrambled to contain the fresh surge in infections. For the fifth consecutive day, China reported close to 4,000 cases in the capital city of Beijing.

Punjab Agriculture Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal has said that the state government will probe alleged irregularities in purchasing land at a whopping Rs 32 crore for setting up a seed farm near the international border in Amritsar in 2008.

AAP leader Raghav Chadha on Sunday asserted that his party will win more than 230 out of 250 seats in the upcoming Delhi MCD poll. “The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is going to win the MCD election by a huge margin. People are glad that finally there is an opportunity to throw out this corrupt BJP from the municipal corporations," he said during a party 'padayatra' at Keshavpuram.

Iraq's government said on Sunday it will recover part of nearly USD 2.5 billion in funds embezzled from the country's tax authority in a massive scheme involving a network of businesses and officials.

Iraq's government said on Sunday it will recover part of nearly USD 2.5 billion in funds embezzled from the country's tax authority in a massive scheme involving a network of businesses and officials.

Search teams have recovered seven dead, including a three-week-old infant and a pair of young siblings, buried in mud and debris that hurtled down a mountainside and through a densely populated port city on the resort island of Ischia, officials said Sunday.

Riots broke out in several Belgian and Dutch cities after Morocco's 2-0 upset win over Belgium at the World Cup Sunday. Police detained about a dozen people after they deployed water cannons and fire tear gas to disperse crowds in Brussels. Dozens of rioters overturned and torched cars, set electric scooters on fire and pelted cars with bricks. Police moved in after one person suffered facial injuries, said Brussels police spokeswoman Ilse Van de Keere.

A 50-year-old man died on Sunday after a BMW car allegedly hit his sport bicycle on Mahipalpur flyover in southwest Delhi, police said. The driver of the luxury car has been arrested, Deputy Commissioner of Police (southwest) Manoj C said. The incident took place in Vasant Kunj area, police said.

A mob of agitators led by the Latin Catholic church Sunday night attacked Vizhinjam police station here in protest against the construction of Adani port, injuring at least 29 policemen and damaging police vehicles.

 A small plane crashed into and got stuck in live power lines Sunday evening in Maryland, causing widespread power outages in the surrounding county as officials tried to extricate the plane.