Breaking News LIVE, November 19:
6:00 PM| Bahujan Samaj Party President and former UP Chief Minister Mayawati’s father Prabhudayal passed away.
3:55 PM| Just 3 days after taking oath as Bihar Education Minister, Mewa Lal Choudhary on Thursday resigned amid corruption allegations levelled against him. Speaking on the development, Mewa Lal said, “An accusation is proven only when a charge sheet is filed or a court gives an order and none of the two is there to prove the allegations against me.
1:40 PM| HAM’s Jitan Ram Manjhi took oath as the portem speaker of Bihar legislative assembly on the presence of Governor Phagu Chauhan on Thursday.
1:05 PM| West Bengal: Explosion in plastic factory in Malda, 4 people dead. (ABP)
11:25 AM| At least seven civilians, including women and children, were killed and six more were wounded after a mortar hit “civilian houses” in Kunduz city on Wednesday night: Afghanistan’s TOLOnews (ANI)
10:15 AM| The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday temporarily suspended the issuance of new visas to visitors from Pakistan and 11 other countries until further notice, the Foreign Office said. The decision by the UAE authorities is “believed to be related to the second wave of COVID-19,” Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said in a statement.
West Bengal: 12-hour Bandh call given by state BJP after their party worker was allegedly beaten to death in Cooch Behar. “Our workers are constantly being killed by TMC but police are not doing anything. So, today’s bandh is our protest against such killings,” says a BJP worker
The US House of Representatives has unanimously passed a resolution condemning China’s “human rights abuses” and undermining of fundamental rights and freedoms in Hong Kong. Passed by a voice vote on Wednesday, the resolution condemns acts by the Chinese government and alleged they violate the fundamental rights and freedoms of Hong Kong residents as well as undermine their high degree of autonomy
India reported less than 50,000 new daily cases for the 11th continuous day with 38,617 new COVID-19 cases reported on Wednesday. According to the Health Ministry, the death count has gone up to 1,30,993 with 474 more persons succumbing to the virus.
The national capital, Delhi recorded 7,486 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, taking the infection tally in the city to over 5 lakh, while 133 new fatalities, the highest single-day count to date, pushed the number of deaths to 7,943, authorities said.
