A look at the headlines right now:
- Government has fulfilled promise to veterans by releasing Rs 5,500 crore towards OROP, says Narendra Modi: The prime minister said former governments had failed to act on the One Rank One Pension Scheme.
- Two dead in fire at Cuffe Parade residential towers in Mumbai: Around 11 people were rescued after the blaze broke out in Maker Chambers.
- With INS Arihant, India can now launch nuclear missiles from air, land and sea: The country's first indigenously built naval ship, commissioned in August this year, is capable of launching nuclear weapons.
- Twenty people killed in major fire at Bhubaneshwar hospital: At least 40 patients were present in the dialysis ward where the fire broke out.
- Irom Sharmila launches new party People’s Resurgence and Justice Alliance: The activist had ended her 16-year-long fast on August 9 and said that she would contest the state Assembly elections next year.
- Priyanka Chopra apologises for refugee T-shirt that drew criticism for being insensitive: The actress said she has always been against labels and that the message on the top was ‘misconstrued’.
- UP approves Rs 2,000-crore expansion plan for Samsung plant in Noida, hopes to bring in 2,200 jobs: The South Korean electronic giant plans to double its manufacturing capacity through the project.
- Despite protests, CM Siddaramaiah says controversial steel flyover has public support: He said the government will not stop its plan to construct the controversial 6.7km bridge, which involves cutting 812 trees.
- The Nobel panel has stopped trying to get Bob Dylan to acknowledge his prize: The academy's permanent secretary said they are not sure if the 75-year-old icon will show up at the December 10 event, but added the ‘honour belongs to him’.
- Melania Trump defends husband Donald’s comments in leaked video, says he was ‘egged on’: She called it ‘boy talk’, and added that she didn’t believe allegations of sexual assault made against the Republican presidential candidate.
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