A look at the headlines right now:
- Amit Shah was the Man of the Match in the UP Assembly election, Narendra Modi says in Gujarat: The prime minister and the BJP president addressed the party workers in Gandhinagar as the Gujarat Gaurav Yatra concluded on Monday.
- Rajesh and Nupur Talwar released from Dasna jail in Aarushi-Hemraj murder case: The acquittal is a stamp for their innocence, and this is what they deserved, said their lawyer.
- Seven killed after building collapses in Bengaluru’s Ejipura area: Although initial reports said the structure collapsed because of a cylinder blast, Karnataka Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy said that was unlikely.
- Toll in Somalia’s ‘deadliest attacks since 2007’ rises to 300, hundreds injured: Authorities said some people searching for their relatives only found unrecognisable body parts.
- Taj Mahal is a ‘blot on Indian culture’, was built by traitors, says BJP leader Sangeet Som: Politicians criticised the remarks and pointed out that the ‘Red Fort was built by the same traitors’.
- Government may lower GST slab for air-conditioned restaurants from 18% to 12%: The final decision is likely to be taken at the GST Council meeting in Guwahati on November 9.
- At least 8 dead, dozens missing as boat with Rohingya refugees capsizes off Bangladesh coast: Most of the victims were children, officials said.
- Heavy showers may dampen Diwali festivities across India, says IMD: Weather officials said the retreating monsoon triggered the heavy rain that lashed Mumbai’s western suburbs on Sunday.
- Two IRCTC officials suspended after Tejas Express passengers get food poisoning: At least 26 passengers were admitted to a hospital as they fell sick after eating the breakfast served onboard the Mumbai-Goa train.
- Delhi considered world’s worst megacity because of sexual assaults on women, finds Reuters poll: Among the 19 megacities surveyed, the Indian Capital was found to be the most unsafe for women, along with Brazil’s Sao Paulo.
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