Breaking News on November 12

Airtel submits conditional bid to buy Reliance Communications spectrum: Airtel spokesperson. 

Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire on Tuesday by resorting to mortar shelling on forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, officials said.

A 25-yr-old taekwondo player, Sarita was allegedly shot dead by coach Sombir for rejecting his marriage proposal, in Bilaspur area in Gurugram, today morning. ACP Crime Preet pal said, "Deceased had, earlier, filed a complaint against accused. We're investigating the matter".

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh at Sultanpur Lodhi said, "I thank PM Modi and Pakistan PM Imran Khan for helping realise Sikh community’s dream of visiting Kartarpur Gurdwara. I hope this would be followed by more such gurdwaras like Panja Sahib and Nankana Sahib in Pakistan being opened to Indian devotees".

Four Indian firms including Tata, Adani, Mahindra Defence systems and Bharat Forge have been shortlisted by the Indian Navy as strategic partners for the project involving a deal worth Rs 25,000 crore for indigenous manufacturing of 111 Naval Utility Choppers.

12 people killed, 3 injured in a road accident near Doda town in Jammu and Kashmir today afternoon. The accident occurred when a vehicle carrying more than a dozen passengers skidded off the road and fell down Batote -Kishtwar national highway.

Sultanpur Lodhi: President Ram Nath Kovind his wife Savita Kovind visit Gurdwara Ber Sahib on the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev ji. 

Bhima Koregaon case: Pune Sessions Court rejects anticipatory bail application of accused Gautam Navlakha.

Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K Palaniswami on the incident in which a woman got injured when she allegedly tried to avoid AIADMK flagpole, said, "The incident hasn't come to my knowledge yet. High Court ban was against the banners, not the flagpoles".

Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 25.79 kgs of gold and arrested two persons yesterday. They were produced before a Siliguri court today. 

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday urged farmers to produce oilseeds in place of other crops as India particularly imports edible oil and palm oil.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of 11th BRICS Summit in Brazil tomorrow, November 13.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of Brazil, Jair Messias Bolsonaro on the sidelines of 11th BRICS Summit in Brasilia, Brazil tomorrow.

Delhi Government has decided to make free arrangements for the elderly pilgrims visiting Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, says Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal: 

Supreme Court will tomorrow pronounce the judgement on the case whether office of the Chief Justice of India comes under the purview of the transparency law, Right to Information (RTI) Act or not.

In a gruesome incident of cruelty, a pregnant cat was hung to death in front of a house here, following which a case was registered, police said on Tuesday. The incident occurred on Sunday at a house in nearby Palkulangara which was being used as a recreation club by some people for consuming liqour and playing cards.

One of the two militants killed in an encounter with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district on Monday was a Pakistani-born self-styled commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), police said.

"One of the killed terrorists has been identified as Pakistani code-named Talha," a police spokesperson said, adding that the identity of the other militant was being ascertained.

Police in Hong Kong have fired tear gas at protesters who littered streets with bricks and disrupted trains as the territory's five months of anti-government demonstrations have turned increasingly violent. 

 A pair of Israeli airstrikes targeted senior Islamic Jihad commanders in Gaza and in Syria early on Tuesday, escalating Israel's confrontation with Iran across the region and threatening to unleash another devastating round of cross-border violence with Palestinian militants, AP reported.

In northern Gaza, the Israeli strike killed Bahaa Abu el-Atta and his wife, setting off a furious barrage of rocket attacks reaching as far as the Tel Aviv heartland as Islamic Jihad vowed further revenge. The Israeli military says Abu el-Atta was the mastermind of recent attacks against it, and responsible for most of the rocket, sniper and drone fire from the region.

Meanwhile, Syrian state media said an Israeli airstrike in the capital, Damascus, targeted another Islamic Jihad commander, Akram al-Ajouri, who was not harmed. The Israeli military had no comment on the strike in Damascus. Syria's state-run news agency said Israeli warplanes fired three missiles at al-Ajouri's home, killing his son and granddaughter.

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The owners of a jewellery store in suburban Ghatkopar have been arrested by Mumbai Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) for allegedly cheating customers to the tune of Rs. 300 crore.

Two women were killed and 12 others injured when the tractor-trolley they were travelling on fell into a gorge after being hit by a speeding bus in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun district, police said on Tuesday.

According to Superintendent of Police (City) Jitendra Kumar Srivastava, the accident took place on Monday night at around 11 pm on a bypass on the Bisauli road.

Three persons were killed and two others seriously injured on Tuesday when the car they were travelling in hit a flyover pillar in New Town area in the
northeastern fringes of the city, police said.
The accident took place when the five persons, residents of Salt Lake and Kolkata, were returning from a party hosted in New Town, a police officer said.

Breaking: Afghanistan has announced a deal to swap  Anas Haqqani and few more Taliban prisoners for the release of American University professors-American Kevin King and Australian Timothy Weeks -- kidnapped by Taliban in 2016. 

Rajiv Gandhi's assassination convict Perarivalan will be out on Tuesday from the Central Prison Vellore on parole. He will be released temporarily due to his father's poor health.

Union Ministry of Home Affairs has commuted the death sentence of Balwant Singh Rajoana, who was sentenced to death in 2007 for the assassination of former Punjab CM Beant Singh. Orders conveyed to Punjab and Chandigarh administrations. Chandigarh administration to pursue remission orders

A female teaching staff at the Gandhi Sewa Niketan here was allegedly beaten up by a group of children inside a classroom. The victim, Mamta Dubey is employed as a Child Welfare Officer at the organisation.

The incident was recorded on CCTV cameras installed in the classroom. One of the students was also seen hurling a chair at her. Dubey has blamed the manager of the Gandhi Sewa Niketan for instigating the children to attack her.

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar given additional charge of Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises after Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant resigned over Maharashtra govt formation.

A militant was killed and an Army soldier injured in an encounter between the ultras and the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district on Tuesday.
Security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in Kulan area of the central Kashmir district in the morning following inputs about the presence of militants.

Encounter between security forces & terrorists underway at Gund in Ganderbal

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, newly elected Congress MLAs of Maharashtra, and Rajasthan Congress leaders attended a dinner hosted by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot here on Monday.

The dinner was organised at the chief minister's official residence in Civil Lines in the honour of former president Pratibha Patil.

Senior CPI(M) leader Badal Chowdhury, arrested in a corruption case, was remanded to police custody for four days on Monday by a local court.
Chowdhury, a CPI(M) central committee member who was the PWD minister during the Left Front regime, was arrested on October 30 from a private hospital where he was admitted.

An FIR was registered against 10 farmers in Greater Noida on charges of burning stubble in violation of the law and contributing to air pollution, officials said on Monday.

The farmers in Jewar area were also slapped with a penalty of Rs 35,000 each over the November 5 incidents, the district administration said.