12 Meghalaya Cong leaders led by former CM Sangma join TMC

Venugopal says that kin of those who died from Covid should get ₹3 lakh compensation. 

The Punjab Congress-in-charge sent a notice to former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh's wife Preneet Kaur, alleging anti-party activities. 

Sputnik light Covid vaccine to be launched in India by December, reports ANI citing RDIF CEO

Centre-left-led alliance set to form German govt

The terrorist, Mehran, was responsible for killing two teachers and other civilians in Srinagar last month. 

US govt said that new jobless aid claims dropped below pre-pandemic levels, reports AFP. 

3 terrorists were gunned down by security personnel in Srinagar's Rambagh

Uttar Pradesh govt is spending ₹4,326 crores on the acquisition of land and rehabilitation and resettlement of people. Prime Minister Modi is personally monitoring the Noida Jewar airport project, civil aviation secretary Rajiv Bansal was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. 

The court handed over the baby to parents. Activists celebrate with Anupama. 

Pak allows humanitarian aid from India to reach Afghanistan

AAP MP Sanjay Singh met SP president Akhilesh Yadav. Singh told ANI that there was no talk of alliance during today's meeting. 

Regular international flights to resume by year-end, civil aviation ministry says

Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai announced on Wednesday that all schools and colleges in the national capital will reopen on November 29 as the air quality is improving. 

The Union cabinet on Wednesday approved the bill to repeal the three farm laws, against whom farmers have been protesting since November 2020. 

A series of three earthquakes jolted Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi and Shimla districts on Tuesday night and early on Wednesday. Read more

A NASA mission to deliberately smash a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if its course can be altered blasted off Tuesday from California, according to news agency AFP

Kerala Police have made a second arrest in connection with the murder of an RSS worker in the Palakkad district on November 15. “Another office-bearer of Popular Front India (PFI) has been arrested,” the Police said on Wednesday. 

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sadhvi Pragya, who is an accused in the 2018 Malegaon blast case, will appear before a special NIA trial court in Mumbai on Wednesday. 

Senior BJP leader from Himachal Pradesh Kripal Singh Parmar on Wednesday resigned from the post of the state party-unit's vice president, claiming that he was being neglected in the BJP for the past few years. 

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former cricketer Gautam Gambhir said on Wednesday that he has been receiving death threats from the ISIS Kashmir, adding he has approached the Delhi Police.  Read more

India on Wednesday saw an increase in its daily tally of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) after 9,283 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the caseload to 34,535,763, according to the Union health ministry's dashboard. Nearly 11,000 patients recovered and 437 died due to the viral disease, taking the total recoveries and death toll to 33,957,698 and 437 respectively. 

The Karnataka government has released fresh guidelines waiving the requirement of carrying RT-PCR test for people who are returning to the state from neighbouring Maharashtra. The new rules, however, will be applicable for a short stay - of just two days. Read more

Thane district reported 68 new cases and two more deaths due to Covid-19, which pushed the caseload and death toll to 568,615 and 11,576 respectively. 

The ministry of external affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday that it looks forward to an early formation of the government in Iraq and hoped that the successful completion of the recently held elections will mark the beginning of a new phase towards stability in the Middle Eastern country. Read more