Pakistan says Narendra Modi will be invited to SAARC summit: Dawn

Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Mohammad Faisal on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be invited to the country for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit, Dawn reported.

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Kartarpur corridor holds infinite possibilities, can erase enmity, says Navjot Sidhu in Lahore

Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday said the Kartarpur corridor will act as a bridge and erase enmity between India and Pakistan, reported ANI. The Congress leader crossed the Attari-Wagah border into Pakistan on Tuesday to attend the foundation laying ceremony for the construction of the corridor on the Pakistani side on Wednesday.

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Mithali Raj slams Diana Edulji for bias, says coach Ramesh Powar humiliated her

Mithali Raj, who has been in the eye of a storm ever since her controversial exclusion from the Playing XI in the Women’s World T20 semi-final, has accused former India captain and CoA member Diana Edulji of bias, adding that coach Ramesh Powar humiliated her in the West Indies.

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Telangana Assembly polls: Congress candidate attempts suicide as police search his house

A Congress candidate attempted to immolate himself after the police searched his house in Hyderabad on Monday night following a complaint that cash meant for voters was stashed in his house, reported PTI.

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Will give Marathas independent reservation without disturbing existing quota bracket, says Fadnavis

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday announced that the Maratha community will be given independent reservation without disturbing the existing 52% reservation system in the state, ANI reported.

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J&K: ‘Sajad Lone would have been CM if I was taking orders from the Centre’, says governor

Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik again rejected allegations that he was following orders from the Centre when he dissolved the state Assembly, reports said on Tuesday. “If I was following the Centre’s orders, I would have to make [People’s Conference leader Sajad] Lone chief minister,” Malik had said during his address at an ITM University event in Gwalior on November 24. His comments on November 24, and again on Tuesday reiterating his claim to News18, follow allegations from several quarters that his decision to dissolve the Assembly on November 21 was taken at the behest of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre.

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Delhi: Severe pollution recorded in 8 areas, situation expected to worsen in next two days

The air quality in Delhi deteriorated on Tuesday, with eight areas in the national Capital recording severe pollution levels. Dwarka Sector 8, Jahangirpuri, Mundaka, Narela, Nehru Nagar, Rohini, Anand Vihar and Wazirpur recorded “severe” air quality while 23 localities recorded “very poor” air quality, said the Central Pollution Control Board.

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Activist Rehana Fathima arrested for allegedly hurting religious sentiments on Facebook

The police in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district on Tuesday arrested activist Rehana Fathima for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through a Facebook post. She was arrested from Kochi, and is being taken to the Pathanamthitta police station for interrogation.

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Omar Abdullah asks Centre to explain why former Norwegian PM Bondevik visited Kashmir

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday asked External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval to explain former Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik’s recent visit to both sides of the Line of Control.

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Telangana: TRS and Congress are two sides of the same coin, Narendra Modi says in Nizamabad

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief and caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao was hoping to win elections without doing anything, just like the Congress, ANI reported. The prime minister was speaking at a rally in Nizamabad city in the state ahead of the December 7 Assembly elections.

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Rajasthan polls: BJP releases manifesto, Vasundhara Raje claims most promises made in 2013 were met

The chief minister claimed that out of the 665 promises the party had made in its 2013 election manifesto, 630 had been fulfilled. “We are committed to good governance in Rajasthan,” she said.

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Muzaffarpur rape case: Supreme Court criticises Bihar government, says its conduct has been shameful

The Supreme Court on Tuesday criticised the Bihar government for failing to file the correct First Information Report in the Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case. The court gave the Nitish Kumar government a day to add charges under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.

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Manipur alleged fake encounters: CBI files chargesheet against five policemen in case from 1999

The Special Investigation Team was probing the death of RK Laksana alias Vito Singh in an alleged fake encounter in February 1999 at Mayang Langjing in Imphal West district. It submitted the chargesheet before the district chief judicial magistrate, naming former sub-inspector Pebam John, constables Longjam Lokhon Singh, Thangkhomang Kipgen, K Bijoy Tarao, Fazur Rahman, and other unknown persons.

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Delhi: Mosque caretaker visiting Arvind Kejriwal arrested after being caught with live bullet

The caretaker was identified as 39-year-old Mohammad Imran, who was at the Janata Darbar with 12 Islamic clerics to seek an increase in the salaries of the Delhi Waqf Board staff. Imran – who is a resident of Loni in Ghaziabad and works at the Masjid Bawli Wali in Karol Bagh – told the police that he found the bullet in the donation box of the mosque.

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Jammu and Kashmir: Three suspected militants, Army soldier killed in gunfights in Kulgam, Tral

Two militants and an Indian Army soldier were killed in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district early on Tuesday, the police said. The militants are believed to be affiliated with the Lashkar-e-Taiba group, an unidentified police officer told Greater Kashmir. Two Central Reserve Police Force personnel were also injured in the gunfight.

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Andaman to suspend expeditions to retrieve body of US missionary killed by indigenous group: Report

Andaman and Nicobar Islands authorities have decided to suspend expeditions to retrieve the body of an American man from the isolated North Sentinel island, The Indian Express reported on Tuesday. Last week, a group of indigenous Sentinelese killed John Allen Chau after he ventured onto the restricted island.

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Manmohan Singh asks PM Narendra Modi to exercise restraint, set an example with his conduct

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday asked his successor Narendra Modi to set an example with his conduct and refrain from using language that is unbecoming of his office.

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Jammu and Kashmir: Voting underway for fourth phase of panchayat elections

The polling is being conducted at 2,618 booths across the state. This includes 1,979 booths in Jammu and 639 in Kashmir. State Chief Electoral Officer Shaleen Kabra said 777 of these polling stations have been categorised as “hypersensitive”, including 571 in Kashmir and 206 in Jammu.

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Bhima Koregaon: Police get 90 day-extension to file supplementary chargesheet against four activists

A Maharashtra court on Monday granted the Pune Police an extension of 90 days to file a supplementary chargesheet against activists Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira, Sudha Bharadwaj and Varavara Rao, who were arrested in August for their alleged role in instigating caste violence in Bhima Koregaon village on January 1.

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26/11: Donald Trump says US stands with India, ‘will never let terrorists win’

“On the ten-year anniversary of the Mumbai terror attack, the US stands with the people of India in their quest for justice,” Trump tweeted. “The attack killed 166 innocents, including six Americans. We will never let terrorists win, or even come close to winning!”

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Delhi: SC asks pollution body to prosecute government officials who do not act on complaints

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Central Pollution Control Board to prosecute government officials who have not acted on around 250 citizens’ complaints. “Why don’t you prosecute these officials?” a bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta said. “You should prosecute them. Let these people realise what they have done.”

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Sunil Arora appointed new chief election commissioner, to take charge on December 2: Reports

President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Sunil Arora the new chief election commissioner, multiple media reports said on Monday. Arora will take over from OP Rawat on December 2, ahead of the counting of votes of five Assembly elections on December 11.

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Gujarat: Accused in 2002 Akshardham temple attack arrested from Ahmedabad airport

Assistant Commissioner of Police Bhagrithsinh Gohil told PTI that the Crime Branch arrested Mohammed Farooq Shaikh from Ahmedabad airport soon after he arrived from Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. Gohil said Shaikh had arranged funds for the attack. He had left his home in Ahmedabad’s Juhapura area for Riyadh soon after the attack, Gohil added.

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Jammu and Kashmir: Baby injured by pellets in clashes between locals and police

An infant, believed to be 19 months old, was among several people injured by pellets in clashes between the security personnel and locals in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian and Kulgam districts on Sunday, reports said on Monday. Doctors at the Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital in Srinagar said Hiba Nisar, who was hit in the eye, may lose sight in one eye.

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