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11:46 AM

NIA attaches immovable property of accused involved in killing of 2 non-locals in Kashmir

The National Investigation Agency has attached immovable property of a key terror accused involved in the killing of two non-locals in Kashmir this year, according to an official statement issued on Thursday. The accused, Adil Manzoor Langoo, is linked with 'The Resistance Front (TRF)', an offshoot of Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), it said. "Led by their TRF/LeT handler based in Pakistan, the conspiracy was aimed at killing innocent people in India with the objective of spreading terror and inciting violence," said the statement.

11:44 AM

Explosion kills 2 in former stronghold of Pakistani Taliban

A powerful explosion ripped through a house in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban on Thursday, killing at least two children and wounding some others, police said. Police were still investigating what caused the blast including whether someone was handling explosives to make bomb, local police chief Irfan Khan said

11:05 AM

IndiGo Nagpur-Kolkata flight makes emergency landing in Raipur after bomb threat

The aircraft, which had taken off from Nagpur for Kolkata, was diverted after airport authorities received the threat, Raipur's Senior Superintendent of Police Santosh Singh said. The plane landed at the airport in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur after 9 am and was immediately taken to the isolation bay for mandatory security checks, the official said.

10:50 AM

ED raids in Maha, Gujarat in Malegaon trader bank accounts 'fraud' case'

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday raided multiple locations in poll-bound Maharashtra and neighbouring Gujarat as part of a money laundering probe against a Malegaon-based trader who allegedly misused bank accounts of various people to carry our transactions worth more than Rs 100 crore. The federal agency is searching 23 premises in Malegaon, Nashik and Mumbai in Maharashtra and Ahmedabad and Surat in Gujarat under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

10:45 AM

Why Mahayuti, Union govts keen on undermining Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj: Cong to PM

The Congress today attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi by posing questions to him on Maharashtra. Why is the Mahayuti and the Union Government keen on "undermining" Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Congress General Secretary In-Charge communications Jairam Ramesh asked.

10:32 AM

In 2022, one-fourth of people living with diabetes in India: Lancet study

Abour 828 million people around the world are estimated to be living with diabetes in 2022, with over a quarter in India, according to an analysis published in The Lancet journal ahead of World Diabetes Day observed every year on November 14. The figure of 828 million is over four times the number in 1990, with the largest increase in low and middle-income countries (LMICs).

10:20 AM

Attack on Chennai doctor: Strict law needed to stop such violence, says IMA Goa

The Indian Medical Association's Goa branch has condemned the attack on an oncologist by a patient's relative at a hospital in Chennai and demanded a stringent and deterrant legislation to curb violence against doctors in the country. Such cases need to be fast-tracked, with exemplary punishment to culprits, it said.

Dr Balaji Jagannathan (53) was stabbed at least seven times on Wednesday by a man at the Kalaignar Centenary Super Speciality Hospital in Chennai

10:15 AM

Man kills self with blasts outside Brazil's Supreme Court after failing to get inside

 A man who failed in an attempt to break into Brazil's Supreme Court killed himself in explosions outside the building Wednesday that forced justices and staff to evacuate, authorities said. The two strong blasts were heard about 7.30 pm after the day's session finished and all the justices and staff left the building safely, Brazil's Supreme Court said in a statement. Local firefighters confirmed one man died at the scene in the capital Brasilia, but did not identify him.

9:49 AM

News alert: Republicans win 218 US House seats, claim majority, reports AP

9:39 AM

Delhi airport puts in place low visibility procedures amid bad weather

Low visibility procedures were put in place at the Delhi airport for flight operations on Thursday morning due to bad weather conditions. "Low visibility procedures are in progress at Delhi airport. All flight operations are presently normal," the airport operator DIAL said in a post on X at 7 am.

9:31 AM

Sri Lankans vote in parliamentary election

Sri Lankans on Thursday began voting in the snap parliamentary election, the first major test of the ruling National People's Power party led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. The voting is taking place at over 13,314 polling stations across the country. 

9:29 AM

PM Modi pays homage to Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to India's first PM Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary on Thursday. Nehru was born on this date in 1889 in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad (now Prayagraj). "On the occasion of his birth anniversary, I pay homage to our former Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru," PM Modi said in a post on X. 

9:04 AM

Biden to meet Xi Jinping at APEC Summit in Peru: White House

United States President Joe Biden will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the 2024 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Lima, Peru, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said in a White House briefing on Wednesday.