1. NGT imposes ban on sale, use of firecrackers in NCR from Nov 9 to Nov 30
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday imposed a total ban on sale or use of all kinds of firecrackers in the National Capital Region (NCR) from November 9 midnight to November 30 midnight, saying "celebration by crackers is for happiness and not to celebrate deaths and diseases".
2. Day ahead of vote count, family and supporters wish Tejashwi on b'day
A day ahead of the counting of votes polled in the three-phase Bihar Assembly elections, the family and supporters of Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav wished him on his 31st birthday.
3.Congress sends leaders to Bihar to stop poaching bids
Wiser after the Madhya Pradesh and the Rajasthan experiences, the Congress has deployed party leaders Randeep Singh Surjewala and Avinash Pandey in Bihar ahead of the November 10 to take quick decisions to stall MLA poaching bids.
4. PM Modi unveils projects worth Rs 600 cr in Varanasi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday virtually inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of various development projects in Varanasi via video conferencing. The total cost implication of these projects is Rs 614 crore, according to the Prime Minister's Office.
5. Tributes for Telangana soldier killed in Jammu and kashmir fighting
Two army soldiers from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh were killed in the action against the infiltrators who tried to sneak-in through the LoC in Machil sector Jammu kashmir.
6. Data of 2 cr Bigbasket users allegedly put on sale on dark web
Grocery e-commerce platform Bigbasket has faced a potential data breach which could have leaked details of its around 2 crore users, according to cyber intelligence firm Cyble.
7. 'Criminal candidates': Contempt plea in SC against CEC, political leaders
A lawyer has filed a contempt petition in the Supreme Court against Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and several political leaders for not fully adhering to the apex court's order directing political parties to publish criminal antecedents of their candidates.
8. Telugu actor-politician Chiranjeevi tests corona positive, met KCR two days ago
Popular Telugu actor and politician K Chiranjeevi, who said on Monday that he had tested coronavirus positive, had met Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao only two days ago.
9. With 45,903 new cases, India's tally reaches 85,53,657
With 45,903 new coronavirus infections and 490 fatalities recorded in the last 24 hours, India's overall Covid-19 caseload and death toll stood at 85,53,657 and 1,26,611, respectively, on Monday, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
10. Hard hit specially-abled woman struggles amid pandemic
Fatima earns a meagre salary of Rs 5,000 and with that money, she has to take care of all the family expenses including her daughter's education and her husband's medicine.
