The big news: PM Modi says Mani Shankar Aiyar wanted to get him ‘removed’, and 9 other top stories
Other headlines: Delhi government cancelled the licence of Max Hospital, and BJP’s Maharashtra leader Nana Patole resigned from the party and the Lok Sabha.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Modi criticises Opposition in Gujarat, says ‘BJP was doing relief work, Congress resort work’: Modi alleged that after he became prime minister in 2014, Mani Shankar Aiyar had travelled to Pakistan to get him ‘removed’.
- Delhi government cancels licence of Max Hospital in Shalimar Bagh for wrongly declaring baby dead: The hospital’s administration was a habitual offender and the negligence on its part was unacceptable, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said.
- BJP’s Maharashtra leader Nana Patole resigns from party and Lok Sabha: Patole has often been critical of the policies of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- Theresa May strikes last-minute deal with EU on Brexit, trade talks likely to begin soon: According to the agreement, the rights of European Union citizens in the United Kingdom and vice-versa will be protected.
- Union minister Ananthkumar Hegde booked for alleged offensive remarks against Karnataka CM: Hegde is believed to have made the remarks on November 18 while addressing a gathering in Karnataka’s Belgavi district.
- BJP’s performance speaks for itself, says Jaitley as party releases vision document for Gujarat elections: The manifesto comes just a day before the first phase of Assembly election.
- Pakistan should ‘revisit concept of madrassas’, says country’s Army chief: ‘I am not against madrassas, but we have lost the essence of madrassas,’ General Qamar Javed Bajwa said at a youth conference in Quetta.
- Company law tribunal allows Centre to appoint 10 interim directors to Unitech’s board: The National Company Law Tribunal also gave the real estate firm four weeks to respond to the government’s petition to take over its management.
- Court indicts former Argentina President Cristina Fernández for treason, orders her arrest: The court also ordered former Foreign Minister Hector Timerman to be put under house arrest.
- Protests held in Jammu and Kashmir against US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israeli Capital: The agitators shouted ‘Death to America’ and ‘Death to Israel’ in parts of Srinagar.