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3:27 PM

Have no objections: Farooq Abdullah on taking rival PDP's support for govt formation

Ahead of counting of votes, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday said his party was open to the idea of taking support of Mehbooba Mufti's PDP to form government in the Union territory. He also flayed the move to give powers to the Lieutenant Governor for nominating members to the five reserved seats in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, and said his party would approach the Supreme Court if the BJP-led Centre went ahead with it.

3:04 PM

Delhi CM Atishi to move to 6, Flagstaff Road bungalow today

Delhi Chief Minister Atishi will shift to the 6, Flagstaff Road bungalow on Monday, days after her predecessor Arvind Kejriwal vacated it and moved to a new address in Lutyens' Delhi, officials said. The shifting of the chief minister's personal effects and other belongings is underway, they said. Atishi was earlier allotted the AB-17 bungalow on Mathura Road after she was appointed a minister in the Kejriwal government last year.

2:45 PM

Neither tired nor retired, high command decision on CM pick acceptable to all: Hooda

A day before the Haryana assembly poll results, senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Monday reiterated that he is "neither tired nor retired" and said the final decision of the high command on the chief ministerial pick will be acceptable to all.

2:44 PM

ED raids AAP MP: PM Modi doing this as he is unable to defeat us in polls, says party

After the ED raided AAP MP Sanjeev Arora on Monday, the Aam Aadmi Party said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is resorting to such actions because he is unable to defeat it in elections. Addressing a press conference here, senior AAP leader and former deputy chief minister of Delhi claimed that the raids were not being carried out due to corruption charges but were part of a broader effort to weaken the AAP and its leadership.

2:42 PM

Govt committed to strengthening primary healthcare, essential services: Nadda

India's health system embraces a "whole of government" and "whole of society" approach to achieve universal health coverage, with emphasis on strengthening primary healthcare and essential services, Union Health Minister JP Nadda said on Monday.

2:22 PM

UP minster's brother files case against SP leaders, party's X handle after online spat

After days of bitter social media exchanges between Uttar Pradesh minister A K Sharma's office and the Samajwadi Party's Media Cell, his brother has filed a case in Mau district against opposition party members and its X handle for "defaming" the BJP leader. The exchange of barbs over various issues -- such as power, cleanliness, law and order and corruption -- between Sharma's office and the SP Media Cell began on October 1 on social media platform X.

2:14 PM

Anna Sebastian case: Kerala CM Vijayan highlights need to follow labour laws

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday stressed on the need to ensure that labour laws are strictly adhered to in all sectors of the country. Vijayan was replying to a Calling Attention motion moved in the House regarding the recent death of Anna Sebastian, a 26-year-old chartered accountant who allegedly died due to work-related stress four months after joining Ernst & Young (EY) in Pune.

 

1:48 PM

India, Maldives discussed opening of Indian consulate in Addu, Maldivian consulate in Bengaluru: PM Modi

Maldives President expressed thanks to India for the generous assistance extended, including rollover of Treasury Bills and signing of currency swap agreement.

1:41 PM

PM Modi, President Muizzu virtually inaugurate new runway at Hanimadhoo airport in Maldives

India has handed over 700 social housing units built with its support to Maldives, PM Modi said today.

1:17 PM

Assam to give 10 lakh soil health cards to farmers: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday kick-started distribution of Soil Health Cards (SHC) to more than four lakh farmers across the state.

At an official function here, Sarma said the government will distribute around 10 lakh SHC and four lakh of them are already ready to be distributed. "Our Krishak bandhus are the anchors in our mission of Atmanirbhar Assam. I am dedicating several initiatives for our farmers today," he added.

1:01 PM

Kerala Assembly adjourned amid protests following heated exchange between CM, LoP

Raising slogans against the CM Pinarayi Vijayan, members of the opposition UDF allegedly climbed the podium of Speaker A N Shamseer and held up a banner, preventing the House from seeing his face. This prompted Vijayan to condemn the opposition's actions. As the protest and sloganeering escalated, and the Congress-led UDF members were reluctant to return to their seats despite repeated requests, the Speaker adjourned the House for the day.

12:50 PM

Mumbai's 1st underground Metro stretch from BKC to Aarey opens for public

Mumbai's first underground Metro corridor, the aqua line's phase-1, stretching from Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) to Aarey became operational for the public on Monday morning. A large number of people came to experience the ride on the first day of the BKC to Aarey stretch of Mumbai Metro Line 3.

 

12:43 PM

Ratan Tata admitted to Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital

Former Tata Sons Chairman Ratan Tata has been admitted to Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital.

12:41 PM

PM Modi meets Maldives President Muizzu

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu here for extensive discussions on strengthening bilateral ties that are emerging after hitting a rocky patch last year. "Taking forward India-Maldives special ties! PM @narendramodi warmly received President @MMuizzu of Maldives as the latter arrived at Hyderabad House. Extensive discussions on India-Maldives bilateral relations lie ahead," External Affairs Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said in a post on X.

12:26 PM

Delhi riots case 2020: HC to hear pleas of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam on Nov 25

The Delhi High Court will hear on November 25 the bail plea of former JNU student Umar Khalid and student activist Sharjeel Imam in a UAPA case related to the alleged larger conspiracy behind the communal riots here in February 2020. The two bail pleas, along with similar pleas by other co-accused in the case --'United Against Hate' founder Khalid Saifi and others -- were on Monday listed for fresh hearing before a bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur.