Breaking News October 20
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BREAKING NEWS OF OCTOBER 20:
05:10 pm: 32 NDRF teams deployed in various districts of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam following flood threat.
4:51 pm: Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh has directed Home Secretary NS Kalsi to prepare detailed guidelines for permission to hold religious&social congregations,in order to prevent the kind of tragedy that struck Amritsar during Dussehra celebrations.
4:14 pm: HDFC Bank net profit rises 21 per cent to Rs 5,005.70 crore in Q2
03:39 pm: BJP leader arrested under non-bailable offences over thrashing cop in UP
2:22 pm: Chinese govt is sharing information with Indian authorities & Indian authorities have shared information with district administration in Siang belt. All precautionary measures are being taken. You can't say it's a conspiracy: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju
2:20 pm: Siang river is a very big river & when there are some natural calamities like earthquakes or landslides, it possess danger to people who live downstream: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Brahmaputra river blockage caused due to a landslide in Tibet
2:07 pm: Case has been registered against Munish Kumar, BJP councillor from Meerut's ward no. 40, under section 395 (punishment for dacoity) and 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of Indian Penal Code.
1:26 pm: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh visits the Amritsar Train Accident site. 59 people were killed and 57 people were injured in the incident.
1:12 pm: Chhattisgarh: Bodies of three Naxals recovered following an encounter between Naxals and police in Bijapur's Mirtur. Arms & ammunition also recovered.
1:10 pm: Delhi: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi
12:48 pm: 59 people killed and 57 people were injured in the incident. We will try that postmortem of the bodies are done as soon as possible. We have identified most of the bodies except 9: Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh on Amritsar Train Accident
12:44 pm: We are ordering a magisterial inquiry into the incident under the police commissioner who will submit a report in 4 weeks: Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh on Amritsar Train Accident
12:33 pm: Mumbai: 5 Nigerian Nationals arrested by Anti-Narcotics Cell from P D'Mello Road in possession of 42 gram cocaine worth around Rs 2,10,000; 10 gram Mephedrone worth around Rs 20,000 & 4 gram MDMA worth around Rs 28,000. Case registered
12:30 pm: Multiple blasts rock Kabul polling stations
12:16 pm: Faridabad: Bodies of 3 sisters and a brother found 3-4 days after their death at their residence in Surajkund area. Suicide note recovered, financial problems mentioned as the reason behind the suicide. Police investigation underway. More details awaited.
11:59 am: People should restrain from organising such events near tracks in future.Drivers are given specific instructions on where to slow down.There was a curve, driver couldn't have seen it. About what should we order an inquiry? Trains travel in speed only: M Sinha on #AmritsarTrainAccident
11:30 am: 2008 Malegaon Blast case: Mumbai's Special NIA court rejects Lt Col. Purohit's application to remove Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) & terms the sanction for his prosecution under UAPA as valid
11:17 am: Delhi's Saket court frames charges against environmentalist RK Pachauri in a sexual harassment case
11:10 am: Currently, train services are suspended between Amrtisar-Manawala railway section. We will hold a review at noon and a decision will be taken in this regard: Deepak Kumar, CPRO, Northern Railway
11:00 am: Due to Amritsar Train Accident on Amritsar-Manawala section, 10 Mail Express trains&27 passenger trains cancelled, 16 trains diverted, 10 Mail Express trains & 2 passenger trains short terminated and 6 Mail Express trains short originated.
10:47 am: Supreme Court has directed the Centre to place before it a report on how it plans to rehabilitate the farmers from Andaman and Nicobar Island who lost their land and livelihood in 2004 tsunami.
10:20 am: Thirty-nine of those killed in Amritsar train accident identified so far; the injured admitted to seven hospitals:
10:00 am: Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid last respects to Lok Sabha MP from Bihar's Begusarai Bhola Singh who passed away at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital yesterday.
9:30 am: Counting of votes for 52 civic bodies to be held across Jammu and Kashmir today
9:22 am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays last respects to Lok Sabha MP from Bihar's Begusarai Bhola Singh who passed away at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital yesterday.
9:00 am: The accident occurred within a matter minutes when the train came at a high speed. The train did not blow the horn. CM has ordered an investigation into the incident: Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu at Civil Hospital
8:57 am: 8 trains have been cancelled, 5 trains diverted, 10 trains short-terminated and 5 trains short-originated today following Amritsar Train Accident between Amritsar & Manawala yesterday.
8:31 am: It was a sad and an unfortunate incident. It is necessary to understand that it was an accident. There has been negligence but it was never intentional or motivated: Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu at Civil Hospital on Amritsar Train Accident
8:26 am: Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu visits Civil Hospital in Amritsar where injured have been admitted after the Amritsar Train Accident yesterday.
8:00 am: The counting of votes for 52 civic bodies will be held across Jammu and Kashmir today and the results will be also declared on the same day
7:31 am: PM 10 level at 267 and PM 2.5 level at 226, both in 'Poor' category on Air Quality Index (AQI), at Lodhi Road in Delhi.
7:28 am: Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu visits Guru Nanak Dev Hospital in Amritsar where injured have been admitted after the Amritsar Train Accident yesterday.
7:23 am: Ashwani Lohani, Chairman Railway Board, visits the site of accident where the DMU train ran over people who were watching Dussehra celebrations in Choura Bazar near Amritsar yesterday.
7:18 am: Devotees climb the sacred Pathinettam Padi at Sabarimala Temple to offer prayers.
6:46 am: Janani ,9-yr-old girl from Madurai, at Sabarimala Temple with placard reading 'she'll come to temple again after 50 yrs of age.Her father says,"We don't know what SC ordered.Once my daughter completes 10 yrs of age,she'll wait till 50 yrs of age&then she can come to Ayyappa"
6:27 am: Devotees climb the sacred Pathinettam Padi at Sabarimala Temple in Kerala to offer prayers.
6:14 am: Petrol & diesel prices in #Delhi are Rs 81.99 per litre (decrease by Rs 0.39) and Rs 75.36 per litre (decrease by Rs 0.12), respectively. Petrol & diesel prices in #Mumbai are Rs 87.46 per litre (decrease by Rs 0.38) and Rs 79.00 per litre (decrease by Rs 0.13), respectively.
6:12 am: US "saddened" by confirmation of Khashoggi death, reports AFP news agency quoting White House.
6:08 am: Fire had broken out on a terrace in Tilson Market in Ulhasnagar-3, Thane, last night. Two fire tenders doused the fire. No casualties reported.
6:00 am: Saudi state-run news agency quotes prosecutors as saying 18 Saudis held as suspects in Jamal Khashoggi's death, reports AP
