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Fire breaks out at a plastic factory located on BK Paul Temple Road in Kolkata. Several fire tenders are at the spot. More details are awaited.
IMD issued an 'Orange' alert for the residents of North Coastal Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Karaikal with a warning of extremely heavy rainfall (above 204.4 mm) on December 3 and heavy to very heavy rainfall on December 4.
Eight persons including three women died while 12 others sustained serious injuries on National Highway 20 near Ghatagaon in Keonjhar district of Odisha on Friday, as reported by news agency IANS. The deceased belonged to four villages -- Podamari, Batagada, Palajhadi and Dekhali -- of Ganjam district.
Inspector In-Charge of Ghatagaon police station said that at least 21 persons including several children from Ganjam were going to the Tarini Temple at Ghatagaon of Keonjhar district in a Tata Winger van.
A leader of the Azad Samaj Party, the political outfit of Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad, was shot dead by his uncle over a property dispute in the Talgram area in Kannauj news agency PTI reported on Friday, citing police. Satyendra Singh Katheria, a district unit general secretary of the Azad Samaj Party, was taken to a hospital following the incident on Thursday evening but was declared brought dead by the doctors, they said.
The Indian Coast Guard rescued 11 fishermen along Kakinada coast, Andhra Pradesh, as reported by news agency PTI. The boat in which the fishermen were sailing had caught fire following which they jumped into the sea.
Armed dacoits with faces covered by masks looted Rs 18.80 crore in cash from a branch of a public sector bank in Manipur’s Ukhrul district, officials said on Friday, as reported by news agency PTI. This Punjab National Bank branch is the currency chest—a place where the Reserve Bank of India stocks cash meant for banks and ATMs—for Ukhrul district.
Seven people were killed in a road accident near Ghatagaon in Odisha's Keonjhar district.
New Delhi announcing an investigation into allegations by the US that an Indian official was involved in a foiled plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader in the United States is good and appropriate, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday.
"The government announced today that it was conducting an investigation, and that’s good and appropriate, and we look forward to seeing the results,” Blinken told reporters travelling with him in Tel Aviv, Israel, as reported by news agency PTI.
Up to 11 people were killed and nine others wounded as unknown gunmen attacked a civilian car in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, a security official said. The car was hit by a roadside bomb and came under heavy gunfire by unknown gunmen in a village near the town of Wajihiya, nearly 90 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, Alaa al-Saadi of the Diyala provincial command told Xinhua news agency on Thursday.
Al-Saadi added that the double attacks on the car led to the death of 11 people and the injury of nine others, five of whom are in critical condition, Xinhua news agency reported.
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President Murmu To Attend Events In Nagpur Today:
President Droupadi Murmu will be in Nagpur on Friday and Saturday to attend a few events, news agency PTI reported citing officials. The President's office had previously issued a statement regarding her visit to the city.
Murmu will be the chief guest at the Government Medical College and Hospital's (GMCH) platinum jubilee celebrations in the city on December 1, according to the District Information Office, as reported by PTI.
The function will be presided over by Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais, with guests of honour including Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, and Hasan Mushrif, state minister of medical education, according to GMCH.
Amit Shah To Attend BSF Raising Day Function In Jharkhand On Friday:
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will attend the 59th Raising Day programme on December 1 in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh, PTI reported citing officials.
The function will be held for the first time at Meru in Hazaribagh, the border force's oldest training centre.
"The event's chief guest will be Shah. "He will salute during the parade," said KS Baniyal, Inspector General of the BSF Training Centre and School at Meru, the report said.
The parade will take place at the Rani Laxmi Bai Parade Ground on the Meru Campus, which has been specially decorated for the occasion. The programme will include horses, sniffer dogs, and camels associated with the force, according to Baniyal.
AAP To Seek Public Opinion From Dec 1 On Whether Kejriwal Should Resign As CM If Arrested:
The AAP will hold a signature drive from December 1 to 20 to gauge public opinion on whether Arvind Kejriwal should resign as Delhi chief minister if he is arrested as part of a "BJP conspiracy," according to the party's city convener Gopal Rai.
In a press conference with party MP Raghav Chadha, Rai claimed the BJP plotted to have Kejriwal arrested in the "fake" liquor scam case in order to demolish the Aam Aadmi Party.
From Friday, AAP volunteers will carry pamphlets to all 2,600 polling stations across the city, asking for people's signatures on whether Kejriwal should step down as Delhi chief minister if he is arrested, he said.
According to Rai, Kejriwal met with AAP MLAs and councillors to get their thoughts on the matter, and there was agreement that he should not resign and run the government from jail.
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