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Both leaders expressed deep concerns over terrorism, deteriorating security situation and the loss of civilian lives. The two leaders called for an early resolution of the security and humanitarian situation. They emphasised the importance of durable peace, security and stability in the region, official sources said. They also reiterated their commitment to continue to strengthen bilateral cooperation in diverse areas within the framework of the India-UAE Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. –IANSans/arm

Majority of those who filed their papers were independents and candidates from smaller parties. Eight candidates from Congress and seven from the BJP were among the candidates who fled their papers. The gazette notification for elections was issued on Friday. With this, the process of filing of nominations for November 30 elections to the 119-member Assembly. Nominations will be done on all working days between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. till November 10 at the Returning Officer’s office in each of 119 constituencies. The scrutiny of nominations will be taken up on November 13. The last date for withdrawal of…

As per the National Center for Seismology, the quake was of intensity 6.4 on the Richter scale and its epicentre was at point latitude 28.84 degrees and longitude 82.19 degrees in Nepal with a depth of 10 km.Further details are awaited.–IANSpgh-aks/

The ED also recovered cash to the tune of Rs 74 lakh and various incriminating documents/digital records during the searches, the agency said.The revelations were made after the ED on Thursday conducted searches at 13 locations in the Delhi-NCR, Kolkata and Uttar Pradesh against Anand and other connected persons and entities.The ED registered a money laundering case on the basis of the charge sheet filed by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) against Anand and other connected persons or entities for commission of offence under various sections of the Customs Act, 1962.The ED said that as per the said complaint,…

It also filed a response on another petition terming his arrest as illegal, violative of Section 19(1) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.Advocate Nitesh Rana appearing for Pillai, who is currently in judicial custody and was arrested on March 6, argued that his client’s (Pillai) case is covered by Roop Bansal and Pankaj Bansal judgements, hence he ought to be released.Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma has now posted the matter for further hearing on November 21, and said that no adjustments or passover will be given on the next date of hearing.Earlier, citing the Supreme Court mandate of providing grounds…

The victim was an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of Government Railway Police (GRP).The deceased has been identified as Rajbir (49), who was posted at the GRP station in Rewari. He was living with his wife Sarita and son Yash.According to the police, the incident took place at around 5 a.m. when Rajbir and Sarita got involved a heated argument. The victim was reportedly in a drunken state and was carrying an illegal weapon. Rajbir fired a shot at Sarita, leaving her injured.The weapon then fell on the bed, which she snatched and fired three shots at Rajbir, leaving him critically injured.…

According to the Delhi Fire Service chief Atul Garg, on Friday a call regarding cylinder blast was received at around 7.30 p.m from West Kamal Vihar in Karawal Nagar area. “Three fire tenders were rushed to the spot. Four people got burn injuries and were rushed to hospital,” he said. Deputy Commissioner of Police, Northeast, Joy Tirkey said that a PCR call regarding the cylinder blast was received and Geeta, 45, her three children, aged 21, 17 and 10, were injured in the incident. “All four injured persons were shifted to GTB Hospital, where they are under treatment. The cause…

The winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours with Antonio Giovinazzi and Alessandro Pier Guidi has conceded that the Italian manufacturer’s 499P Le Mans Hypercar is lacking pace in all areas after neither of the two AF Corse-run cars were on the pace in the opening two sessions of free practice. “Really bad, no pace at all,” said Calado ahead of the final session of free practice on Friday ahead of the Bahrain 8 Hours. “We’re scratching our heads a little bit: the car actually feels quite nice to drive, it seems normal, but it’s just that we are two…

London, Nov 3 (IANS) Manchester United are first in action in the Premier League this weekend in a game that will draw a lot of attention from fans, pundits and probably the club’s directors and potential new investors. Another woeful performance in the 3-0 Carabao Cup defeat at home to Newcastle United in midweek, which came on the back of last weekend’s humiliation at home to Manchester City, has catapulted Erik ten Hag to the top of the list of favourites to be the next coach in the league to lose their job.Defeat away to Fulham would only see the…

Lucknow, Nov 3 (IANS) As Afghanistan secured their third successive win in the ICC Men’s ODI World Cup against the Netherlands on Friday, their skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi said they are hoping to qualify for the semifinals for his country and family and dedicated their victory to the scores of refugees fighting for survival.Afghanistan rode on another clinical bowling and batting performance to score their third successive victory as the surprise package of the ICC Men’s ODI World Cup, thrashing the Netherlands by seven wickets to maintain their chances of reaching the semifinals.After bundling out the Netherlands, who elected to bat…