News highlights: Andhra Pradesh requests Centre to conduct caste-wise Census

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Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has firm alliance with BSP, will not join hands with former partner BJP: Sukhbir Badal

Karnataka Govt lays down conditions for waiver of RT-PCR test requirement for those returning to their homes in Karnataka within two days of their stay in Maharashtra

Uttarakhand Cabinet gives nod to raise the honorarium of female cooks working in govt schools to Rs 3,000/month from Rs 2,000/month; increases salary of PRD jawans to Rs 2100/month

Uttarakhand Cabinet approves 'Uttarakhand Sports Policy 2021' which seeks to promote sports in the state

Odisha Cabinet approves "Odisha Electronics Policy 2021" to promote the electronics manufacturing sector in the state

Govt to introduce 'The Cryptocurrency & Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021' in winter session of Parliament

Kashmir Police says it has arrested three people, all residents of Pulwama, for killing a salesman, Ibrahim Ahmad in Bohri Kadal area of Srinagar on Nov 9 The trio, linked to LeT (TRF), killed the salesman on the instructions of their Pak-based handlers, as per the police

Karnataka reported 224 fresh Covid cases, 379 recoveries, and 5 deaths today

Chhattisgarh Health Minister TS Singh Deo writes to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, requesting to start the process of administering booster dose of Covid vaccine to healthcare workers, frontline workers, andpeople above 60 years of age

Himachal Pradesh: Senior BJP leader Kripal Singh Parmar resigns from the post of state BJP vice president

ED has carried out searches at the business premises of IREO group of companies andentities andpremises of its director Lalit Goyal in Gurugram andDelhi and seized incrementing documents, digital devices and currency worth Rs 14 lakhs

Winter session of Madhya Pradesh Assembly to be held between Dec 20 and Dec 24

FIR registered against actor Kangana Ranaut in Mumbai for allegedly portraying the farmers' protest as Khalistani movement

Five people dead, 11 injured as car collides with state transport bus on national highway near Gondal in Gujarat's Rajkot district

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chowdhury meet in Lucknow to discuss seat-sharing for 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.

Congress leader Kirti Azad formally joins TMC

Andhra Pradesh Assembly passes a resolution, requesting Govt of India to take up a caste-based census of backward classes

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami, while chairing a meeting on self-employment schemes in Dehradun today, directed the officers concerned to achieve the target set for disbursing loans under various schemes this year by December 15

Body of 52-year-old undertrial, accused of stealing gas cylinder, found hanging from tree inside Aligarh district prison in Uttar Pradesh. Probe ordered

Delhi Legislative Assembly session to begin on Nov 26

Chardham priests gherao official residence of Uttarakhand Agriculture Minister Subodh Uniyal in Dehradun to press for their demand of dissolution of Devasthanam Board.

Former JD(U) leader Pavan Varma joins Trinamool Congress in New Delhi

Hyderpora civilian killings: 'All is not well' in Kashmir

On the evening of November 15, Jammu and Kashmir police claimed to have killed two unidentified militants and their two associates in uptown Hyderpora area of Srinagar.

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Kapur, Sandhu and Chawrasia gear up for Phuket Championship

Veteran golfer Jeev Milkha Singh, Shiv Kapur and Rashid Khan are among 14 Indian players who will compete at the Blue Canyon Phuket Championship as action is set to resume on the Asian Tour after 20 months.

The event, carrying a purse of one million dollars, will be held from November 25 to 28 at the par-72 Blue Canyon Country Club.

India will have as many as 14 players in the 144-man field, which signals a new era for Asian Tour, which now has a tie up with Greg Norman-led Liv Golf Investments, who have committed to 10 events of a one million dollars each in the season 2022. (PTI)

Manoj Kumar Mohapatra, presently Minister in the Embassy of India, Washington DC, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Guatemala: MEA

Landslide blocks NH 5 in Shimla

The National Highway 5 has been blocked due to a landslide in Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh, a state disaster management official said on Tuesday.

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PM enquires with Bommai about rain related damages, assures help

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and assured necessary cooperation and assistance to the rain- and flood-hit regions of the state.

In a set of tweets, the office of the Chief Minister said the Prime Minister telephoned Bommai and took stock of the situation.

"Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi today called Chief Minister Shri @BSBommai to take stock of the situation due to heavy rains and floods in Karnataka. Chief Minister updated the relief and rescue measures taken by the government," the CMO tweeted. (PTI)

NCB is conducting raids at multiple locations in Madhya Pradesh after its operation in Nanded: NCB Mumbai

Many people in Congress are in touch with us but we don't want to take their garbage: Kejriwal

Prashant kishor meets Mamata Banerjee

Kejriwal vows to improve Punjab govt schools like Delhi if AAP wins

We will improve Punjab govt schools just like we improved Delhi govt schools; only we know how to do it, no other party does. I guarantee to resolve multiple issues of teachers on an emergency basis: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, addressing poll-bound Punjab in Amritsar

(ANI)

Mamata to meet Modi on November 24

Pokemon GO developer Niantic raises $300 million at $9 billion valuation (IANS)

NDRF, police on high alert in Tamil Nadu after warning for extreme rainfall (IANS)

JP Nadda and CM Yogi Adityanath visit Baba Namdev Gurudwara in Kidwai Nagar

Galwan Valley clash: Colonel Santosh Babu awarded Mahavir Chakra posthumously

His mother and wife received the award from the President.

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FIR against Tathagata Roy over 'women & money' tweet

A lawyer of Calcutta High Court has lodged a complaint against BJP leader Tathagata Roy citing a tweet where the veteran urged the party to come out of the racket of "women and money".

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Bommai visits Kendriya Vihar Apartment in Bengaluru that is facing severe waterlogging

Rupee slips 14 paise to 74.51 against US dollar in early trade (PTI)

A pattern to Gujarat's 'ban' on meat display

Isolated incidents look obscure. But strung together, every sequence has a consequence.

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Congress leader Kirti Azad to join TMC today in Delhi: Sources (ANI)

Can bamboo walls help Uganda hold back worsening floods?

The bamboo - increasingly widely used as a flood defense in Uganda - acts like a wall when grown, slowing water pouring from swollen rivers.

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