Bhima Koregaon case: No coercive action against Gautam Navlakha, Anand Teltumbde, says Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court on Friday asked the police not to take any coercive action against activists Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde, both accused in the Bhima Koregaon violence case, till next week.

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Anirban Blah, Bollywood talent manager accused of sexual harassment, attempts suicide, say police

Bollywood talent manager Anirban Das Blah, who was accused of sexual harassment last week, allegedly tried to commit suicide in Navi Mumbai late on Thursday night, said the police. The co-founder of Talent agency KWAN Entertainment–who has managed actors like Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor in the past–had stepped down from his position on Tuesday.

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Arunachal Pradesh authorities warn of flash floods in East Siang as landslide blocks river in Tibet

The Arunachal Pradesh government has warned of flash floods downstream of the Siang River after China informed India that a landslide has blocked a section of a river in the Tibet region, The Times of Indiareported on Friday.

Ajit Jogi will not contest Chhattisgarh Assembly elections

Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi will not contest the upcoming Assembly elections in the state, his son Amit Jogi said on Friday. Instead, he will focus on campaigning for his alliance partners.

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Activist Trupti Desai detained before Narendra Modi’s Shirdi visit

The Pune Police on Friday detained women’s rights activist Trupti Desai ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Shirdi in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district. The president of the Bhumata Brigade wanted to discuss with Modi the Supreme Court’s verdict on Sabarimala allowing entry to all women in the age group of 10-50 years.

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Delhi hotel brawl: Bail plea of BSP leader’s son rejected

The Patiala House Court in Delhi on Friday dismissed the bail plea of Ashish Pandey, who was seen threatening a couple with a gun outside a hotel in the national Capital earlier this week, ANI reported. The court sent Pandey to judicial custody till Monday.

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Seven Army personnel injured as IED planted by militants goes off in Pulwama

At least seven Army personnel were wounded after an improvised explosive device detonated as their vehicle crossed a bridge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday night. Militant outfit Jaish-e-Muhammad claimed responsibility for the attack, which took place on the Trichal-Lassipora Road.

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Dehradun: Private school allegedly refuses admission to girl because she was raped

A private school in Dehradun allegedly denied admission to a 16-year-old girl because four students of her former boarding school in the same city had reportedly gangraped her. The family’s lawyer has demanded that the school’s Central Board of Secondary Education certification be cancelled.

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Jammu and Kashmir: Three militants killed in gunfight along Line of Control in Baramulla

They were shot dead in a failed infiltration bid, an unidentified defence spokesperson said.

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Director Mukesh Chhabra suspended from ‘Kizie Aur Manny’ over sexual harassment allegations

Leading Bollywood studio Fox Star Studios suspended director Mukesh Chhabra from its production Kizie aur Manny on Friday following allegations of sexual harassment against him. Two unidentified women accused Chhabra of misbehaving with them when they came to him for auditions.

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#MeToo: Artist Riyas Komu apologises after woman accuses him of sexual harassment

Artist Riyas Komu on Thursday apologised for his actions after being accused of sexual misconduct. Earlier this week, an art world professional alleged that Komu sexually harassed her. The allegations were shared on the anonymously-run Instagram account ‘Scene and Herd’. In the post, the woman claimed that the artist pushed her against a wall and kissed her in October 2015.

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Population of dolphins in Ganga river rose from 22 in 2015 to 33 in 2018, says survey

A survey conducted by the The World Wide Fund for Nature-India, in collaboration with the Uttar Pradesh Forest Department has concluded that the dolphin population in the Ganga river has increased from 22 in 2015 to 33 in 2018.

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Sensex falls by more than 400 points on global cues, Nifty trades below 10,300

Domestic benchmark indices fell on Friday amid an increase in interest rates in the United States and China recording its weakest economic growth since the 2008 global financial crisis.

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RBI eases liquidity norms for banks, allows them to lend more to NBFCs

The Reserve Bank of India on Friday increased lenders’ single borrower exposure limit for Non-Banking Finance Companies which do not finance infrastructure, from 10% to 15% of capital funds, until December 31, 2018.

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#MeToo: Nana Patekar calls Tanushree Dutta’s allegations of sexual harassment ‘motivated, malicious’

Actor Nana Patekar on Thursday dismissed as “motivated and malicious” the allegations of sexual harassment against him by Tanushree Dutta. In a reply to the Cine and TV Artists’ Association, which had issued a notice to him, Patekar claimed that Dutta had not made any complaint against him in 2008 when the alleged incident took place.

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Uddhav Thackeray asks Centre to build Ram temple in Ayodhya soon, or admit it was a ‘jumla’

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday asked the Centre to build a Ram temple in Ayodhya soon, or admit that it was merely an “election jumla”, or false poll promise. Thackeray also said he would visit Ayodhya on November 25.

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Two women embark on trek to Sabarimala temple as protests continue for third day

Two women began the trek to the Sabarimala shrine in Kerala on Friday morning with police protection even as protests against the Supreme Court verdict allowing women to enter the temple continued.

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Fuel prices fall for second day

Fuel prices fell for the second consecutive day on Friday. A litre of petrol cost Rs 82.38 per litre in New Delhi, down from Rs 82.62 on Thursday. A litre of diesel cost Rs 75.48 per litre, 10 paise lower than on Thursday. In Mumbai, a litre of petrol cost Rs 87.84 and diesel Rs 79.13.

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Anil Ambani’s Reliance Group sues NDTV for Rs 10,000 crore over coverage of Rafale deal

Anil Ambani’s Reliance Group has sued news channel NDTV for Rs 10,000 crore in an Ahmedabad court for the channel’s coverage of the Rafale fighter jet deal. The defamation lawsuit was filed based on an episode of NDTV’s weekly show Truth vs Hype that aired on September 29.

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Chhattisgarh Assembly elections: Congress releases list of 12 candidates for first phase

The Congress on Thursday declared the names of 12 candidates for the first phase of Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh which will be held in 18 constituencies on November 12. The party has repeated seven out of eight of its sitting legislators.

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Karnataka: Recommending religion tag for Lingayats was a ‘major blunder’, says Congress minister

Karnataka Water Resource Minister DK Shivakumar called the Congress’ decision to recommend religious minority status for the Lingayat community before the Assembly elections in May a “major blunder”.

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