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10:18 PM

PM Modi to address 'No Money for Terror' Ministerial Conference on Counter-Terrorism Financing on November 18

10:05 PM

Tata Group plans to merge carriers under Air India, scrap Vistara brand

Tata Group is considering a plan to integrate its four airline brands under Air India Ltd., people with knowledge of the matter said, as the sprawling company prepares to rebuild its faltering aviation empire. India’s largest conglomerate is also considering scrapping the Vistara brand, which is Singapore Airlines Ltd’s local affiliate in the South Asian nation, the people said, declining to be identified because the discussions are private. Singapore Airlines is evaluating the size of the stake it should take in the combined entity, one of the people said.

7:51 PM

FM Sitharaman chairs 5th meeting of Governing Council of National Investment and Infrastructure Fund

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chairs 5th Meeting of Governing Council of National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF)

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7:50 PM

Gyanvapi Mosque case: Varanasi Court dismisses Muslim's side plea, defers hearing till Dec 2

The Varanasi Fast Track Court dismissed the Anjuman Islamia Masjid committee's plea challenging the maintainability of a suit to hand over possession of the Gyanvapi Mosque premises to the Hindu side.

 

The Court deferred the petition for the next hearing on December 2.

 

The court was hearing the petition on the plea seeking worship rights of the 'Shivling' that the Hindu side claimed to be found on the Gyanvapi mosque premises.

 

Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sanstha had also filed a separate petition in the fast track court of Varanasi after the alleged Shivling was found. The petition was filed by Kiran Singh, wife of Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sanstha President Jitendra Singh Vishen and others.

6:22 PM

Mehrauli killing: People backed by VHP, other groups to take out candle marches in Delhi at 6 pm

People "angry" over the gruesome killing of 27-year-old Shradha Walkar will take out candle marches in the city on Thursday to demand capital punishment to the accused, Aaftab Amin Poonawala, the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) said. The candle marches will be taken out from eight different locations in South Delhi's Mehrauli area at 6 pm today to also demand enactment of stringent laws against "illegal religious conversion and love jihad" in the national capital, the VHP national spokesperson Vinod Bansal told PTI on Thursday.

6:17 PM

ED arrests Misbahuddin S under PMLA

6:16 PM

Assam and Mizoram governments hold talks over the inter-state border issue

6:14 PM

China's confirmation in 'No Money For Terror' Conference awaited; Pakistan, Afghanistan not participating

6:04 PM

Fire breaks out in Vashi APMC Fruit market, three fire tenders present at the spot

4:45 PM

UK unveils emergency budget amid big demands but little cash

Just three weeks after taking office, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces the challenge of balancing the nation’s budget while helping millions of people slammed by a cost-of-living crisis as Russia’s war in Ukraine pushes up energy prices and slows economic growth, reported AP.

 

Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt will deliver the government’s plan for tackling a sputtering economy in a speech to the House of Commons on Thursday.

 

The emergency budget statement aims to restore the government’s financial and political credibility after former Prime Minister Liz Truss announced 45 billion pounds ($53 billion) in unfunded tax cuts that torpedoed investor confidence, sent the pound to record lows against the U.S. dollar and sparked emergency central bank intervention. Truss was forced to resign six weeks after taking office.

4:44 PM

UP court says will hear petition for prayers at 'Shivling' inside Gyanvapi mosque

4:40 PM

Man who killed his live-in partner in Delhi produced in court via video conference

Custody of man who killed his live-in partner in Delhi extended by 5 days, he was produced in court via video conference.

4:38 PM

Kerala HC quashes appointment of Priya Verghese

Kerala High Court has quashed the Kannur University’s decision to appoint Priya Varghese, wife of KK Ragesh, private secretary to the Chief Minister, as Associate Professor of Malayalam at the University.

4:36 PM

13% of drug abuse victims in India below 20 years, says UN official

Around 13.1 per cent of the people involved in drug and substance abuse in India are below 20 years, which calls for further stepping up community intervention and preventive mechanism targeting adolescents, said a top United Nations official, here on Thursday.

 

Billy Batware, Programme Officer of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said this while speaking at the International Forum on 'Children Matter-Right to a Drug-Free Childhood'.

4:22 PM

UN publishes draft version of COP27 deal text

- The U.N. climate agency published on Thursday a first draft of what could be the overarching agreement from the COP27 climate summit.

 

- The document was labelled a "non-paper" indicating it is still far from the final version.

 

- Based on requests that summit delegations have sought to be included in the final deal, it provides a basis for negotiations over the coming days that are likely to substantially flesh out and rework the text.