A look at the headlines right now:
- Congress has agreed to Patidars’ demand for reservation, says Hardik Patel: He said the Patidar outfit will not openly support the Congress in the upcoming Assembly polls, but will fight against the BJP.
- Brahmos cruise missile successfully test-fired from a Sukhoi fighter jet for the first time: The supersonic missile hit a sea-based target in the Bay of Bengal.
- We will have ‘normal’ Winter Session, but want no overlap with election dates, says Arun Jaitley: Elections and Parliament sessions do not normally overlap, the finance minister said.
- Five municipal corporations go to polls in Uttar Pradesh; 16% voting in Agra till noon, three EVMs malfunction in Kanpur: Voters from Agra’s ward No. 29 alleged that BJP leader Ram Shankar Katheria tried to influence them.
- Accused Class 11 student in Gurugram school murder sent to juvenile home for 14 days: The court will hear arguments on taking the 16-year-old’s finger prints on November 29.
- US imposes sanctions on 13 North Korean, Chinese firms for supporting Pyongyang through trade: The new measures hit many companies that send workers to Russia, Poland, Cambodia and China.
- Tamil Nadu woman arrested for Facebook post criticising Madras High Court judge: She had found fault with Justice Kirubakaran’s remarks against teachers staging protests and strikes over Neet in the state.
- Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh says he does not support the ban on Padmavati or threats against its actors and filmmakers: Case filed against Javed Akhtar in Jaipur for ‘threatening social harmony’.
- Ninth Australian parliamentarian resigns as dual citizenship crisis worsens: Senator Skye Kakoschke-Moore from Nick Xenophon Team said that she had British citizenship by descent.
- Kerala government backs panel’s report on alleged honey trap, Malayalam channel may lose licence: The television channel had released an incriminating audio clip allegedly of AK Saseendran.
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