A look at the headlines right now:
- One soldier killed, seven injured after militants attack convoy in Srinagar district's Zakura: The Sashastra Seema Bal jawans were targeted near a CRPF camp while they were returning from patrol duty.
- Indian Army doesn't speak, it acts, Narendra Modi says in address to ex-servicemen in Bhopal: The prime minister also said that the Centre had kept its promise regarding the One Rank, One Pension scheme and had disbursed Rs 5,500 crore for it so far.
- Do not politicise the issue of triple talaq, Venkaiah Naidu tells Muslim law board: The Union minister said the Muslim divorce law was being unnecessarily linked with Uniform Civil Code, while the main issue was gender justice.
- Will not screen films with Pakistani actors, announces cinema owners' association: The ban is applicable to single-screen theatres in Gujarat, Goa, Karnataka and Maharashtra and also to movies that have had Pakistani technicians work on them.
- Pakistan lifts travel ban on Dawn journalist Cyril Almeida: The country's Interior Ministry has issued a notification ordering the reporter’s name to be removed from the Exit Control List.
- May have to launch election campaign on my own, says Uttar Pradesh chief minister: While Akhilesh Yadav expressed his confidence about winning a second term in the 2017 polls, Mulayam Singh Yadav said party legislators would pick the next CM.
- At least 120 stray dogs killed in Kerala's Ernakulam and Palakkad districts in the last week: On October 4, the Supreme Court had asked the state's chief secretary to file a report on the matter and ensure that no more animals are culled.
- India is a 'university of tolerance', will not allow religious persecution, says Rajnath Singh: Speaking at the All India Christian Council, the home minister said the 'entire global community should come together to fight terrorism'.
- Israel suspends ties with Unesco over draft resolution that 'denies' Jews links to Jerusalem's sites: While the Palestinian government welcomed the document, Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu said the organisation had 'lost its legitimacy' by adopting it.
- Donald Trump's presidency will be a threat to press freedom, says Committee to Protect Journalists: The organisation's chairperson said the US Republican presidential candidate has 'insulted and vilified' the media.
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