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The first leg of the meeting of UNSC Counter-Terrorism Committee was held at the Taj Mahal Palace Ho
The first leg of the meeting of UNSC Counter-Terrorism Committee was held at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, one of the targets of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. The second leg will take place in New Delhi on Saturday.
The Election Commission issued a notice to Telangana’s Energy Minister Jagadish Reddy on Friday for allegedly threatening voters, saying all welfare schemes will be stopped if they do not vote for the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) candidate in the upcoming Munugode bypoll. The poll panel has given him time till 3 pm today to explain his stand or else, it will take a decision without any reference to him.
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) questioned former chief secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Jitendra Narain for over eight hours on Friday in connection with the alleged gang rape of a woman, an official said. There is a possibility that Jitendra Narain, who is staying in a private resort in Port Blair, will be grilled again on Saturday, according to a source.
A 117-member special jatha of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Friday departed for Pakistan from Amritsar to attend the event being held to mark 100 year centenary of Shaheedi Saka Panja Sahib on October 30. SGPC is jointly organising the event with the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC) on Saturday and Sunday.
SEL Textiles director Neeraj Saluja will be produced before a special court in Mohali on Saturday, the officials said.
The 369-foot-tall Shiva statue 'Viswas Swaroopam' installed in Nathdwara town of Rajasthan's Rajsamand district will be inaugurated on Saturday.
Paul Pelosi, the husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was attacked and severely beaten by an assailant with a hammer who broke into their San Francisco home early Friday, according to people familiar with the investigation.