Breaking Highlights, Top Alerts of December 9
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05:22 pm: On 6th evening a meeting took place at Mani Shankar Aiyar's residence where Pak envoy, Former PM Manmohan Singh, Former VP Hamid Ansari & some Congress leaders were present. Heavy police deployment was there and the road was blocked: Ajay Aggarwal, BJP (ANI)
05:12 pm: We have not received any information so far. When we will receive the information that NIA has interrogated him, we will decide our course of action: Santosh Kumar Nirala, Bihar Transport Minister on a Lashkar-e-Toiba operative issued a PAN and an Aadhaar card in Bihar (ANI)
05:01 pm: 47.28pc voter turnout recorded till 4 pm in first phase of Gujarat election (ANI)
04:42 pm: Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 hit Jammu and Kashmir at 4.13 pm today (ANI)
04:32 pm: Without development there is no solution to the problems India faces: PM Narendra Modi Click Here To Read More
04:21 am: Kerala: 45 fishermen stranded off Lakshadweep coast arrive in Kochi, 250 other fishermen on way Cyclone Ockhi (ANI)
04:10 pm: During the first phase of voting 1.90% of VVPATs replaced out of 24,689 units deployed. 0.37% out of the 26,865 Ballot Units and 0.38% out of the 24,689 Control Unites replaced too (ANI)
04:00 pm: Assam: 2 ULFA cadres apprehended in a joint operation by troops of 210 CoBRA and Assam Police in Udalguri's Kalaigaon. 1 AK 56 rifle, 1 magazine and 18 rounds of bullets recovered (ANI)
03:45 pm: No such issues reported till now. Some EVMs replaced due to errors. EVMs were updated with VVPAT, which allows people to verify their vote for 7 seconds: Yogesh Thakkar, Bhavnagar Deputy Electoral Officer on reports of faulty EVMs in 1st phase of polling in Gujara (ANI)
03:32 pm: The provisional figures of Direct Tax collections up to November 2017 show net collections are at Rs 4.8 Lakh Crore which is 14.4% than the net collections for the corresponding period of last year (ANI)
03:19 pm: Direct Tax Collections for Financial Year 2017-18 shows growth of 14.4 per cent up to November 2017: Central Board of Direct Taxes
03:10 pm: Iraqi PM declares 'end of the war against Islamic State' in the country (AFP)
03:05 pm: 35.52pc voter turnout recorded till 2 pm in first phase of Gujarat election (ANI)
02:52 pm: A team of Election Commission reaches polling booth in Thakkar Plot, Porbandar after complaints of EVM being connected to Bluetooth #GujaratElection2017 Click Here To Read More