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New Delhi, Nov 13 (PTI) As many as 33 politicians of Jammu and Kashmir have been named in a list that bars them from travelling abroad, as a result of which former National Conference MLA Atlaf Ahmed Wani was prevented from boarding a flight to Dubai, according to official sources on Friday.

They said that the names of former chief ministers Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti are not in the list, which has mostly former legislators and former ministers from various political parties.

Hyderabad, Nov 13 (PTI) A case under the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was registered on Friday against a temple priest in Jangaon district of Telangana for allegedly refusing to perform certain rituals for a family which belongs to Scheduled Caste community, police said.

The family wanted to perform certain ritual and the priest allegedly refused on the grounds of caste, they said.

Following a complaint by the family, the case was registered and due process of law was on, they added.

Shivpuri (MP), Nov 13 (PTI) Ten people, including three women, were killed and 20 injured on Friday when their pick-up van overturned near Pohri in Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh, a senior police official said.

The incident took place around 7.15 pm when the group was returning to their village Dodi from Unawad in Sheopur district after attending a religious program, Shivpuri Superintendent of Police Rajesh Singh Chandel told PTI.

The spot where the vehicle overtured is 33 km from here.

Nagpur, Nov 13 (PTI) Naik Bhushan Rameshrao Satai, who hailed from Katol town in Nagpur district, was killed during shelling by Pakistani troops in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, a government official said here.

Satai, 28, was attached to the 6 Maratha Light Infantry.

New Delhi, Nov 14 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid tribute to the country's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary.

Born in 1889, the Congress stalwart remains India's longest serving prime minister.

"My humble tributes to the country's first prime minister Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary," Modi tweeted.

Bulandshahr, Nov 14 (PTI) The 30-year-old son of a senior BJP leader here allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself on Saturday morning, police said.

Mahesh, the son of three-time MLA from Jewar Horam Singh, was found dead by his family members after a shot rang out from his room, they said.

When the family members rushed inside, Mahesh's body was found lying on the ground with a gun next to it, they added.

Police reached the spot after receiving information about the incident and sent the body for postmortem.

Kanpur: The festival is just spreading joys but this happiness mars at the market. Nothing is affordable at the time. 

Even a string of decorative lights with a length of ten metres sells at the cost of Rs 60 per piece. The price gets higher with the increase in the length of the string.

One reacted: Previously we abandoned the earthen diyas and toys owing to hike in the cost of making these items. Presently the cheaper electronic items are also becoming dearer and thereby beyond our reach.

NEW DELHI, Nov 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Delhi’s COVID-19 deaths rose by a record high on Thursday and it also reported the most number of infections in India, an increase attributed to the city’s toxic air and a lack of physical distancing in public places around a major festival.

While daily case additions have come down significantly in the country as a whole since a mid-September peak, the capital city of 20 million people is going through its worst phase in the pandemic.

Kolkata, Nov 13 (PTI) With Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM announcing that it would contest Bengal polls, having bagged five seats in neighbouring Bihar, political arithmetic, in all likelihood, is set to witness a major change as TMC's sway over minority votes seems to be up for a stiff challenge.

Dharamshala, Nov 12 (PTI) Actor Asif Basra, known for starring in movies such as "Jab We Met", "Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai" and "Kai Po Che!", died on Thursday here, the police said. He was 53.

The actor was found hanging in a private complex here by the police and a team of forensic experts is on the spot, said SSP Kangra Vimukt Ranjan.

The police is investigating the case and further details are awaited, Ranjan added.