Telangana Rashtra Samithi leader allegedly killed, supporters clash with Congress workers

A Telangana Rashtra Samithi leader was allegedly stoned to death in Telangana’s Vikarabad town on Tuesday. The body of Phirangi Narayana was found by some of his supporters in Sultanpur village.

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Odisha: Congress MLA quits in protest against treatment of Adivasi girl who was allegedly gang-raped

Odisha Congress MLA Krushna Chandra Sagaria resigned from the Assembly on Tuesday, claiming he had failed to ensure justice for an Adivasi girl who committed suicide in January months after being allegedly raped by four men.

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Madhya Pradesh: Congress releases third list of 13 candidates, includes new faces

The Congress on Monday night released its third list of candidates for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections. The elections will be held on November 28 and the results will be declared on December 11.

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‘Narendra Modi needs Rs 3.6 lakh crore from RBI to fix the mess his theories created’: Rahul Gandhi

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday urged Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel to “stand up to” Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “protect the nation”. Gandhi’s remark followed a report in The Indian Express that claimed that the Finance Ministry had sought the transfer of a Rs 3.6-lakh-crore surplus from the central bank to the government.

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Odisha: Congress MLA quits in protest against treatment of Adivasi girl who was allegedly gang-raped

Odisha Congress MLA Krushna Chandra Sagaria resigned from the Assembly on Tuesday, claiming he had failed to ensure justice for an Adivasi girl who committed suicide in January months after being allegedly raped by four men. In October 2017, the 14-year-old girl accused four men in uniform of raping her in Kunduli in the Maoist-dominated Koraput district when she was on her way home.

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J&K: Former National Conference leader Junaid Azim Mattu elected Srinagar mayor

Former National Conference spokesperson Junaid Azim Mattu was elected the mayor of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation on Tuesday. Mattu had resigned from the party in September after its decision to boycott the local body polls in the state. He contested as an independent candidate.

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ECI says it has no details ‘in physical form’ of how many voter IDs were linked to Aadhaar: Report

The Election Commission of India has said it does not have details, “in any physical form”, of the number of voter identity cards linked to Aadhaar or the money spent on the linking. The poll panel said this in a response to a Right to Information query filed by the news portal.

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Karnataka bye-polls live: Congress-JD(S) coalition wins four seats, BJP gets one seat

The Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) coalition won four seats in the Karnataka bye-polls on Tuesday, and the Bharatiya Janata Party got one. The alliance government has viewed this as a coup and claimed the BJP lost because of its own arrogance.

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Avni killing: Tiger panel will conduct inquiry if forest department’s report is not satisfactory

The National Tiger Conservation Authority on Monday said it will conduct its own inquiry if the report it has commissioned from Maharashtra’s forest department on the killing of tigress Avni is unsatisfactory. On November 2, the state’s forest department killed the “man-eating tigress” in Yavatmal district.

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Markets surge on last trading session of Hindu Samvat year 2074, Sensex regains 35,000 mark

Benchmark indices started off on a positive note at the start of the last trading session of Hindu Samvat year 2074 on Tuesday, on the back of buying in auto, banking and metal stocks. BSE Sensex regained the 35,000 mark by recovering over 200 points in the morning session.

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Air Quality Index in Delhi recorded at 400, a point away from turning ‘severe’

The air quality in Delhi deteriorated to “very poor” category on Tuesday. The Air Quality Index was recorded at 400 at 10 am, according to Central Pollution Control Board. It is just one point below turning “severe”.

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Bhajan singer Vinod Agarwal dies at 63 in Mathura

Bhajan singer Vinod Agarwal died of multiple organ failure in a hospital in Mathura in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday. He was 63.

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US midterms: President Donald Trump makes last pitch ahead of vote on Tuesday

United States President Donald Trump held three rallies on Monday as campaigning for the midterm congressional elections came to an end. The elections on Tuesday, widely seen as a referendum on the Trump administration, are critical for both Democrats and Republicans. Polling will take place on Tuesday, with results to be declared overnight.

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PNB scam: Enforcement Directorate arrests accused Mehul Choksi’s associate Deepak Kulkarni

The Enforcement Directorate on Monday arrested Deepak Kulkarni, an executive of a firm linked to Punjab National Bank scam accused Mehul Choksi, at the Kolkata airport. The investigating agency’s personnel made the arrest under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act soon after Kulkarni arrived from Hong Kong.

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Chhattisgarh polls: Ajit Jogi-Mayawati alliance a ‘third force’, chief minister tells Indian Express

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh has said that the alliance between Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party and Ajit Jogi’s party is a “third force”, The Indian Express reported on Tuesday. He said the alliance will have an impact on around 30 of the state’s 91 constituencies. The state will vote on November 12 and November 20, and the results will be declared on December 11.

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Karnataka bye-polls: Janata Dal (Secular)-Congress lead in 4 seats, including BJP bastion Ballari

The Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) alliance in Karnataka is leading in four of five seats that had bye-elections on Saturday. Counting began at 8 am for the bye-elections of three Lok Sabha and two Assembly seats in Karnataka on Tuesday.

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Protestors heckle woman near Sabarimala temple, let her go after she shows proof of age

Several protestors heckled a woman who made it to a spot near the Sabarimala temple in Kerala on Tuesday morning. The protests stopped only after the woman showed her Aadhaar card to prove that she was 52 years old. The temple, which reopened on Monday, will have rituals to to mark the birth anniversary of Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma, the last king of the princely state of Travancore.

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‘Ram temple will be built. Can’t install one stone with Babur’s name in Ayodhya now’, says UP deputy CM

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said on Monday that not a “single stone” bearing the name of Mughal emperor Babur can be installed at the disputed site in Ayodhya any more, PTI reported. He said it was up to the Supreme Court to decide when it gives a verdict, but insisted that a grand temple for Ram will be built in Ayodhya.

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Jammu and Kashmir: Two militants killed during encounter in Shopian, say police

Security forces shot dead two militants during an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday, the state police said. The deceased have been identified as Mohd Idrees Sultan and Amir Hussain Rather.

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Delhi air quality likely to worsen to ‘severe-plus emergency’ level after Diwali: Government agency

The Centre-run System of Air Quality Forecasting and Research, commonly known as SAFAR, said on Monday that Delhi’s air quality is likely to deteriorate to the “severe-plus emergency” category after Diwali. Air quality will be “bad” on November 8 even if “partial toxic crackers” are used compared to last year, SAFAR said.

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