Breaking News: November 6, 2020 | Highlights

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to come face-to-face virtually at the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on November 10.

State-owned Canara Bank on Friday said it has cut the marginal cost of fund-based lending rates (MCLR) by 0.
05-0.15 per cent with effect from November 7.

The air quality remained "severe" in Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad and Faridabad, while it improved to reach the "very poor" category in Gurgaon in the National Capital Region (NCR) on Friday, according to a government agency.

All schools in Odisha will remain closed till December 31, informed the School and Mass Education Department on Friday. The state government took the decision in view of the experience of a second wave of Covid-19 infection in some states.

 With 2,187 fresh cases, the total COVID-19 tally in Uttar Pradesh went up to 4,93,527 while the death toll rose to 7,155 with 25 casualties on Friday.

Twenty-two faculty members and researchers of Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati were featured in the list of the world's top two per cent scientists created by the Stanford University of the USA.

Andhra Pradesh has reported as many as 2,410 new coronavirus cases taking the caseload to 8,38,363, while 11 people died pushing the COVID-19 toll to 6,768, an official bulletin said on Friday.

Everyone living or working in the UK’s Liverpool are being offered COVID-19 rapid tests from Friday, whether they have symptoms or not, as a pilot ahead of an expected countrywide rollout.

The local body polls in Kerala will be held in three phases from December 8 adhering to strict COVID-19 protocol, State Election Commissioner V
Bhaskaran said in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday.

Karnataka has decided to ban the sales and bursting of firecrackers during Diwali this year in view of the coronavirus pandemic, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said on Friday.

A man has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by a local court for raping a teenager here two years ago. Additional Sessions Judge, Omkar Shukla, on Thursday also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the convict Sonu Yadav. Yadav had raped the 15-year old girl on February 15, 2018, Superintendent of Police, Devendra Nath, said.

 A 21-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a man in the New Mandi area. According to the complaint filed by the woman, the accused took her to a godown and raped her there. A case was registered, police said, adding the man has been arrested.

Supreme Court defers hearing in pollution-related cases after Diwali vacation

Three men, including the district president of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), were arrested here in connection with an attempt to murder case. BKU district president Balram Thakur, Sonu and Amit Sharma had beaten up and opened fire on Vipul Sharma over an old enmity issue in Patel Nagar area on Thursday, they said, adding Vipul survived the attack.

Following the incident, police rushed to the spot and arrested the three accused, they said. A case has been registered and investigation taken up, police said. 

Dumka treasury case: Jharkhand High Court defers for 27th November, the hearing of bail plea of former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav.

Two men were arrested for allegedly killing a farmer in the Hussainganj area here, police said on Friday. Amit Verma and Dinesh Patel were arrested Thursday night for killing Jai Singh Patel (45) and dumping his body in a field here, Station House Officer of Hussainganj Satyendra Singh Bhadauria said.

The body of Jai Singh Patel was found in a field in Babuganj village on Thursday morning, he said. During interrogation, the accused, who are also farmers, said they killed Jai Singh Patel after an altercation with him when they were consuming liquor. 

Delhi High Court on Friday seeks CBI reply on disqualified UP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar’s appeal against 10-yr jail for the custodial death of Unnao rape victim's father. HC also asks CBI to respond to Kuldeep Sengar's plea seeking suspension of 10-year jail term.

Situation along Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh remains tense: Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat

Sensex jumps 190.72 points to 41,530.88 in opening session; Nifty rises 50.80 points to 12,171.10

Income Tax Department conducts raids at official premises of Vyapak Enterprises in Bhopal and Raipur over alleged irregular financial transactions

Maharashtra government on Friday issues SoPs for Diwali celebration, urges citizen to avoid crackers coz it will have a direct  impact on Corona patient due to air pollution

Earthquake of magnitude 2.9 on the Richter scale occurred in Chamba, Himachal Pradesh at 0625 hours: National Center for Seismolog

US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden races ahead of President Donald Trump with 253 electoral votes. President Trump at 214

Delhi: Air Quality continues to deteriorate in the national capital

Air Quality Index is at 422 in Anand Vihar, 407 in RK Puram, 421 in Dwarka, Sector 8 and 430 in Bawana, all in 'Severe category', as per Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)