The big news: Rahul Gandhi to become Congress chief soon, says Sonia Gandhi, and 9 other top stories
Other headlines: Army said it wanted to boost infrastructure along the China border, and the HC criticised the trial court judge in the Aarushi-Hemraj case.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Rahul Gandhi to take over as Congress president soon, Sonia Gandhi tells NDTV: Earlier, the Congress vice president had indicated that he was ready to take on the responsibility.
- After Doklam standoff, Defence Ministry decides to speed up road construction along India-China border: During a conference of Indian Army commanders, it was decided that four mountain passes along the border will be connected on a priority basis by 2020.
- Trial court judge acted like a ‘film director’, says Allahabad HC in Aarushi-Hemraj murder case: Rajesh Talwar and Nupur Talwar, who were acquitted of murder charges, will not be released from Ghaziabad’s Dasna Jail on Friday, their lawyer Tanvir Mir said.
- Reliance Industries reports 12.79% rise in year-on-year net profit for second-quarter of 2017: But the company’s telecom unit, Reliance Jio, posted a loss of Rs 271 crore for the July-September period.
- In Dera Sacha Sauda case, Honeypreet Insan, accomplice sent to judicial custody till October 23: The Haryana Police told the Panchkula court that a mobile phone had been recovered from Ram Rahim Singh’s adopted daughter, but no laptop had been found.
- Government saved $9 billion through Aadhaar, kept fraud under check, says Nandan Nilekani: The architect of the UIDAI programme said cashless transactions had brought down the costs for the government.
- Do not deport any Rohingya refugee till the next hearing on November 21, Supreme Court tells Centre: The bench said the government needs to strike a balance between national security and protecting the human rights of the refugees.
- Amit Shah defends son Jay Shah, says bring evidence to court: The BJP chief said Jay Shah’s companies had not engaged in any business with the government.
- ‘Not even close to being out of this emergency,’ says official as California fires toll rises to 31: About 1,90,000 acres were damaged by Thursday afternoon.
- Idea shareholders approve merger plan with Vodafone India: Over 99.9% of the shareholders voted in favour of the deal in a meeting on Thursday.