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A challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's election as MP last year from the Varanasi constituency in Uttar Pradesh was rejected by the Supreme Court today.

Cyclone Nivar Updates: The Nivar cyclone is very likely to cross the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coast sometime tomorrow evening, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Rainfall has already started in Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu. Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami about Cyclone Nivar and assured all assistance.

The Bombay High Court will today hear a petition from actor Kangana Ranaut and her sister, seeking to cancel a First Information Report (FIR) registered against them. A case has been filed against them over allegations of making objectionable comments on social media aimed at provoking communal tension.

Coronavirus: Arvind Kejriwal to PM Narendra Modi at chief ministers' meet: Delhi saw peak of 8,600 COVID-19 cases on November 10, cases decreasing since

Central probe agency Enforcement Directorate raided premises linked to Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik in Maharashtra today in connection with a money-laundering case, official sources said.

Cyclone Nivar may cross Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in the south-western Bay of Bengal coastal area tomorrow evening, the weather office has predicted, warning that the deep depression has intensified into a cyclonic storm.

Cyclone Nivar may cross Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in the south-western Bay of Bengal coastal area tomorrow evening, the weather office has predicted, warning that the deep depression has intensified into a cyclonic storm. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a tweet, assured Tamil Nadu, Puducherry all possible support from centre. The cyclone is likely to arrive with winds gusting at up to 120 km per hour.

Nivar cyclone is very likely to cross Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in the south-western Bay of Bengal coastal area of the country during the evening of November 25 as India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed on Tuesday that the deep depression has intensified into a cyclonic storm.

President Ram Nath Kovind boarded the Air India One-B777 aircraft on Tuesday for its inaugural flight to Chennai, according to a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement.

A police case has been filed against a senior police officer of Haryana's Panipat, Manisha Choudhary, for allegedly abetting the suicide of a senior BJP leader and former municipal councillor, Harish Sharma. The matter acquired political overtones as the Deputy Chief Minister supported the police officer, who was booked after state home minister Anil Vij ordered action.

Guru Tegh Bahadur's Martyrdom Day: The ninth Guru of Sikhism, Guru Tegh Bahadur, is being remembered today. Guru Tegh Bahadur was an embodiment of humility and transcended all barriers of caste, creed, race, religion and gender. Guru Tegh Bahadur's Martyrdom Day is also observed as Shaheed Diwas on November 24 every year.

A first information report (FIR) against a Muslim man from Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar - filed by the parents of his wife who converted to Islam last year to marry him - has been cancelled by the Allahabad High Court.

Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Monday briefed top envoys of key nations, including the US, Russia, France and Japan on the planned terror attack by Pakistan-based terrorist group JeM in Nagrota in Jammu which was foiled by security forces on November 19, sources said.

With 37,975 fresh COVID-19 infections, India recorded 13 per cent fewer coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, government data shows. The country also reported 480 Covid-related deaths in this period, marginally lower than yesterday's 511. India's overall coronavirus case count now stands at 91.77 lakh, with 1,34,218 Covid-related fatalities, so far. Active cases rose to almost 4.4 lakh even as more than 40,000 people successfully fought off the virus taking overall recoveries to 86,04,955. The country's overall recovery rate is 93.75 per cent, with a daily positivity rate of about 3.5 per cent against 10.9 lakh tests in the last 24 hours.

A 50-year-old man and his son were killed after they were allegedly attacked by a group of men over personal enmity in northeast Delhi''s Nandnagri area on Monday morning, police said.