A look at the headlines right now:

  1. BJP wins bypolls in Assam and Madhya Pradesh: While AIADMK retained Tamil Nadu seats, TMC swept West Bengal and the CPI(M) held both the constituencies in Tripura.
  2. Zakir Naik’s NGO gave scholarship to Islamic State supporter, say reports: The controversial preacher’s Islamic Research Foundation gave a Rs 80,000 grant to a man accused of trying to join the militant group.
  3. Larsen and Toubro lays off 14,000 employees in bid to ‘right-size’ citing economic slowdown: The Indian engineering giant sacked 11.2% of its staffers in six months leading to September despite reporting an 84.3% increase in second quarter net profit.
  4. Senior al Qaeda leader killed in US airstrike in Syria, claims Pentagon: Press secretary Peter Cook said Abu Afghan Al-Masri was killed near Sarmada on November 18.
  5. Big Bazaar stores to allow customers to withdraw up to Rs 2,000 from November 24: The Future Retail Limited-owned company has tied up with the State Bank of India to offer the facility.
  6. Ratan Tata wanted to sell Tata Consultancy Services to IBM, says Cyrus Mistry: In a statement, the ousted chairperson claimed that his predecessor’s ‘ego’ led to the 2007 acquisition of European steel company Corus for over $12 billion.
  7. Three Indian soldiers killed during encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Machhal, one body mutilated: The Army’s Northern Command said ‘retribution will be heavy for the cowardly act’.
  8. UP government files FIR against ‘unidentified employees’ in connection with
    Kanpur train derailment:     The Ministry of Railways has formed a 12-member team of Government Railway Police personnel to look into the incident.
  9. Bollywood actor Sunny Leone among BBC’s 100 most influential women for 2016: Four other Indian women, including a computer engineering student, a tractor company owner, an environmentalist and an activist were also on the list.
  10. West Indies beat India women’s team in final T20I to sweep series 3-0: The visitors struck with the ball and reduced the hosts to 32/3 at one point.