Prithviraj Chavan, Congress on Maharashtra govt formation: Congress leaders and Cong-NCP will meet tomorrow. By evening we will leave for Maharashtra. Day after tomorrow all three parties (Congress-NCP-Shiv Sena) will meet.
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Prithviraj Chavan Says Congress-NCP Meet Tomorrow, Congress-NCP-Shiv Sena to Meet in Maharashtra on Friday: Live Breaking News Headlines & Updates, November 20, 2019
Amit Shah will present the report on the president's rule in Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha tomorrow on Wednesday. Maharashtra has been under the President's rule for over a week now. Keep an eye on this space for all the latest news and updates that take place throughout the day.
20 Nov, 22:29 (IST)
Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on disability pension issue during Retiring Officers’ Seminar said that the, "Indian Army is always for disability pension and has never taken any step for disallowing it. The deliberations are only for IT exemption on disability component of certain categories. War wounded battle casualties are a different category&shall be fully cared. There're many cases who suffer health problems & debilitating strokes while being operationally deployed. Similarly such things happen to many who become physical casualties. Indian Army will take care of these people."
20 Nov, 21:59 (IST)
The Union Cabinet has approved the strategic disinvestment of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), announced Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
20 Nov, 20:32 (IST)
India successfully carries out night-time test-firing of two Prithvi ballistic missiles off the coast of Odisha. The trials of the 300 km-range missiles was carried out by the Strategic Forces Command.
20 Nov, 20:01 (IST)
The 4th Defence Ministers' Dialogue between India and Singapore was concluded in Singapore today. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said "I am confident we will enter in a new era of defence partnership encompassing both bilateral defence cooperation & defence industry cooperation".
20 Nov, 19:30 (IST)
Karnataka allows women to work from 7 pm to 6 am in all factories registered in the state.
20 Nov, 19:05 (IST)
Jammu and Kashmir: Pakistan violated ceasefire in Krishna Ghati sector, District Poonch on 20 November at about 1645 hours today.
20 Nov, 18:55 (IST)
University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued circular to higher educational institutions to celebrate Constitution Day on November 26.
20 Nov, 18:49 (IST)
Mumbai Police has registered an FIR against Yash Raj Films (YRF) on charges of collecting approximately Rs 100 crore from music royalties of members of Indian Performing Rights Society (IPRS) in unauthorised manner.
20 Nov, 18:43 (IST)
RBI: The Reserve Bank has today superseded the board of Directors of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL) owing to governance concerns and defaults by DHFL in meeting various payment obligations.
20 Nov, 18:09 (IST)
Sri Lanka's new President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will swear in his elder brother Mahinda -- a former president himself -- as prime minister, a spokesman told AFP Wednesday.
The brothers are credited with brutally crushing the Tamil Tigers a decade ago to end Sri Lanka's civil war, with the security services they controlled accused of war crimes and multiple human rights abuses.
Government spokesman Vijayananda Herath said Mahinda Rajapaksa will assume duties as premier soon after incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe steps down on Thursday morning.
20 Nov, 17:52 (IST)
Israeli kingmaker Avigdor Lieberman refused to back either Benjamin Netanyahu or rival Benny Gantz for prime minister Wednesday, pushing the country closer to holding its third elections in a year.
The nationalist, whose Yisrael Beitenu party has enough seats to put either right winger Netanyahu or centrist Gantz's coalitions into power, said neither had done enough to convince him ahead of a midnight deadline for Gantz to form a government.
"Both are responsible," he said. "As things stand, we are on our way to new elections."
20 Nov, 17:24 (IST)
Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a high-level bilateral meeting with Uzbekistan today.
20 Nov, 17:17 (IST)
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will tender his resignation from office on Wednesday, paving the way for newly-elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to appoint a new Cabinet.
20 Nov, 16:30 (IST)
Congress-NCP Maharashtra Coordination committee to meet in Delhi today. Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut will meet Sharad Pawar after the Congress-NCP meet.
20 Nov, 16:12 (IST)
Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar: Many artists from across the globe have come to Goa to attend the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) that begins today. This is an important platform for our film industry as well as for the movie market.
20 Nov, 15:54 (IST)
Jawaharlal Nehru University appeals to the students to call off their agitation and return to classes and allow normal functioning of academic activities.
20 Nov, 14:45 (IST)
Kollam: 105-year old woman Bhageerathi Amma appeared for 4th standard equivalent examination conducted under Kerala State Literacy Mission.
20 Nov, 13:50 (IST)
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Students Union members Protest against alleged 'marks scam' in Kerala University.
20 Nov, 13:30 (IST)
Indian Squad for T20I and ODI Series Against West Indies to Be Announced Tomorrow.
Mumbai, November 20: The stalemate in Maharashtra politics continued as meeting between Congress and NCP leaders which was supposed to be held on Tuesday, got postponed till Wednesday. Amit Shah will present the report on the president's rule in Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha tomorrow on Wednesday. Maharashtra has been under the President's rule for over a week now.
Tamil Nadu's latest political entrants - actors Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth - have hinted at joining hands to kickstart their political career.
Arrangements being made at Kolkata's Eden Gardens which will host India’s first Day-Night Test match on 22nd November when India and Bangladesh will face each other in the second test match of the two-match series. India is leading the series 1-0.
Bihar: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bhutan Tandi Dorji, visited Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya and offered prayers on Tuesday. Keep an eye on this space for all the latest news and updates that take place throughout the day.
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