Breaking News on November 15

Mallikarjun Kharge: Congress alone can't decide things. NCP chief Sharad Pawar and AICC president Sonia Gandhi will sit together on 17 November and discuss the next course of action. They will decide how to solve this problem. After that only the other actions will follow. 

Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said the Centre has designed policies to generate five crore jobs in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector over the next five years.

"At a time when cities are growing at a rapid pace, we need to go for decentralisation of development with a focus on agriculture, tribal and rural development sectors. "We need technology and innovation for sustainable development of agriculture, rural and tribal development
sectors," Nitin Gadkari was quoted by PTI.

"The Union government has designed policies to generate five crore jobs in the MSME sector in the next five years," he said.

Ex-Fortis Healthcare promoter Malvinder Singh, ex-CMD of Religare Enterprises Ltd Sunil Godhwani sent to ED custody till Nov 18 in RFL case. 

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman: Finance Ministry is considering proposals to increase the insurance limit from current Rs 1 Lakh on deposits in banks.

Staff Selection Commission has announced vacancy position for Combined Graduate Level Examination 2017.

Result of SSC-CGL Exam 2017 is expected shortly.

Government of India: India’s overall exports (Merchandise and Services combined) in April-October 2019-20 are estimated to be USD 310.23 billion, exhibiting a positive growth of 1.51% over the same period last year.

Supreme Court asks Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to randomly check 3 wheelers running on polluting fuels and file report. Delhi Development Authority,Public Works Department and other civic bodies to co-operate with monitoring committee to ensure implementation of court orders

A Delhi court directs police to issue 10 day pre-arrest notice to Shehla Rashid if the need arises to arrest her in the alleged case of defaming Indian Army on social media, while disposing of her anticipatory bail application.

Supreme Court again has sought the presence of  Chief Secretaries of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi after it observes that the states failed to take effective steps to deal with air pollution levels in Delhi-NCR, on November 29.

Supreme Court asks Centre to prepare a road map for installation of air-purifying towers across Delhi to deal with the pollution crisis. The top court also asks Delhi government to tell whether there has been any relief from air pollution from Odd-Even scheme.

Accused Gautam Navlakha granted interim protection from arrest till December 2 by Bombay High Court.

A truck driver and his helper were killed when their rice-laden truck caught fire after ramming into a stationary vehicle in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, police said on Friday.

The driver Rajiv (45) and his helper Ram Charan (32) were on their way to Delhi in their truck when it hit another stationary truck and caught fire, SP City Ravindra Kumar said.

The Central Bureau of Investigation has a set up an online Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (OCSAE) Prevention/Investigation Unit at its headquarter to counter the growing menace of child porn on the Internet, officials said on Friday.

The new "specialised unit" under the special crime investigation wing of the agency will collect intelligence not only on those who are allegedly creating and transmitting such material on the Internet but also those who are browsing and downloading such material, they said.

Sonia Gandhi and Sharad Panwar will meet on 17th Nov. Any decision about govt formation will be made after that meeting only.

 Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress leaders seek time from Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari for a meeting tomorrow, to discuss farmers issues.

Supreme Court issues notice to Election Commission of India on a petition by former Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Madhu Koda challenging his disqualification in 2017. Court has refused to allow Koda to contest 2019 Jharkhand Assembly elections, till further hearing in the case

As per weather forecast, air quality in Delhi to improve in the next 2-3 days. If the air quality doesn't improve, we will take a decision on extending Odd-Even vehicle scheme on November 18: Arvind Kejriwal

As per weather forecast, air quality in Delhi to improve in the next 2-3 days. If the air quality doesn't improve, we will make a decision on extending the Odd-Even vehicle scheme on November 18, says Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.

NCP leader Sharad Pawar on Maharashtra government formation: The process to form the government has begun, the government will run for a full 5 years.

After reaching an agreement on a common minimum programme (CMP), Shiv Sena, Congress and the NCP will send a joint delegation to meet Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari tomorrow. 

As per reports, the three parties will ask for the and end to the president's rule in the state and propose the formation of a coalition government in the state. 

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to hold all party meeting on November 16 and Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi to hold all party meeting on November 17, ahead of winter session of Parliament.

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the Enforcement Directorate's plea challenging the Delhi High Court order granting bail to Karnataka Congress leader D K Shivakumar in a money laundering case.

A bench comprising Justices R F Nariman and S Ravindra Bhat rejected the request of the Solicitor General, appearing for the Enforcement Directorate (ED), to issue a notice to the other side on the appeal. The Delhi High Court had on October 23 granted bail to Shivakumar.

Daiichi seeks enforcement of Rs 3500-crore arbitration award granted to it by Singapore tribunal in case against Singh brothers

SC sets aside NCLAT's July 4 order approving ArcelorMittal's bid for acquiring Essar Steel.

A thick layer of toxic smog engulfed Delhi as the pollution level continued to remain in the 'severe' category for the fourth consecutive day on Friday.

The high pollution can be attributed to low wind speed, which has led to stagnation of pollutants in the air and slowed down the dispersion process, authorities said.

The air quality index (AQI) in Delhi was in a severe category at 467 at 10 am. All the monitoring stations recorded severe air quality, according to the Central Pollution Control Board.

Supreme Court holds ex-Ranbaxy promoters Malvinder Singh, Shivinder Singh guilty of contempt of court in a case filed by Japanese firm Daiichi Sankyo. SC says Singh brothers violated its order asking them not to divest their shares in Fortis Healthcare Limited.

According to the sources, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and NCP chief Sharad Pawar are likely to meet in Delhi on November 17 to discuss a possible alliance with the Shiv Sena for forming government in Maharashtra.

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said party chief Uddhav Thackeray will decide on the final formula. Whoever has the figures, will form the government, Sanjay Raut said.

Sanjay Raut on Friday reiterated that the Maharashtra CM will be from the Shiv Sena. Speaking to media, Sanjay Raut said, Why talk about just five years? We want a Shiv Sena CM for the next 25 years.

Customs officials at Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar seized smuggled gold worth around Rs 52 lakh from a passenger

Drugs worth over Rs 25 lakh in the international market were recovered from four persons, including a woman, in Nagaland's Dimapur on Thursday,
police said. The apprehension was made at 3rd Mile area of Dimapur.

1984 Bhopal Gas tragedy activist Abdul Jabbar passed away in Bhopal last night. ​

An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 on the Richter scale struck the Nicobar Islands region at 12:01 am, today, says IMD

US delegation to travel to New Delhi next week to give final touches to the India-US trade deal.

A six-month-old boy was crushed to death by a car at a parking lot in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla on Thursday. Silbiniya, a labourer from Jharkhand, laid her sleeping son at a corner of the PWD parking lot in Nigam Vihar locality, while she was working nearby, police said.

Unaware that the child was sleeping there, the driver of the car accidentally ran over him, police said. The driver, Rajesh, rushed him to the IGMC hospital, where doctors declared the child brought dead.