Indian Sub-continent

Kolkata, Nov 2 (PTI) The Trinamool Congress was leading on Tuesday in all four assembly seats where bypolls were held on October 30, as per the initial trends.

The counting of votes to Khardah, Santipur, Gosaba and Dinhata began at 8 am amid tight security.

After the first round of counting, the TMC was leading in all the seats, Election Commission officials said.

"Counting of votes is happening smoothly. There is no report of any untoward incident till 9 am," an official of the poll panel said.

Jammu, Nov 2 (PTI) An FIR has been registered against a senior Jammu and Kashmir BJP leader for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of a community, officials said on Tuesday.

The case was registered after a video, which surfaced online, purportedly showed Vikram Randhawa making the remarks, they said.

The party's Jammu and Kashmir unit has taken note of the video of former MLC Randhawa and served him a show cause notice on Monday, asking him to explain his position within 48 hours and submit a public apology.

KANDAHAR, Nov 1 (NNN-BIA) – The Taliban’s elusive leader, Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, made his debut in the group’s birthplace, Kandahar on Saturday and visited a religious school there, head of the school, Mawlawi Sayed Ahmad Sayed, said yesterday.

“The supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada Sahib, visited Al-Hakimia Madrasa at 10:30 a.m. local time yesterday,” Mawlawi Sayed said.

Akhundzada, who has been leading the Taliban movement since 2016, also delivered a 10-minute speech to the students of the Madrasa (religious school) in Kandahar, said Mawlawi Sayed.

Pune, Oct 29 (PTI) The trial of the rationalist Narendra Dabholkar murder case began here on Friday with the examination and cross-examination of a witness.

Avinash Davalbhakta (54), who lived in a building in Shaniwar Peth area at the time of Dabholkar's murder, testified before the court.

Dr Dabholkar, a renowned anti-superstition activist, used to stay in a flat of Sadhana Trust in the same building sometimes.

New Delhi, Oct 31 (PTI) Former prime minister Manmohan Singh who was undergoing treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here was discharged on Sunday, hospital sources said.

Singh was admitted to the hospital on October 13 after feeling weak following a fever.

The 89-year-old Congress leader was admitted in a private ward at the Cardio-Neuro Centre and was treated by a team of cardiologists led by Dr Nitish Naik.

Earlier this month, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya visited the hospital to meet him.

Kanpur : As many as 10 Zika virus cases have been reported in Kanpur district so far, said Chief Medical Officer, Dr Nepal Singh, here on Sunday.

While speaking to reporters, Dr Singh confirmed that the total tally of Zika virus patients in the district has gone up to 10.

The tally, which was at four till Sunday afternoon, increased to 10 as six more tested positive for the virus.

"In the medical reports that came late on Sunday evening, six other people were confirmed to be Zika infected," Singh said.

New Delhi, Nov 1 (PTI) Fighting allegations that he forged documents, Narcotics Control Bureau's Mumbai zonal head Sameer Wankhede on Monday presented his original caste papers to prove he is a Dalit to National Commission for Scheduled Castes chairperson Vijay Sampla.

Jaipur, Nov 1 (PTI) Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday called upon the youths to join Congress, saying that the party's ideology is dedicated to uphold the Constitution and democratic values of the country.

He stressed that Congress is not just a party but also an idea connected to the development of India.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 31 (APP): Prime Minister Imran Khan said that owing to their complementarities in the socioeconomic fundamentals, Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 provided opportunities to Pakistan to engage with Saudi Arabia in realizing Naya Pakistan’s ambitious plan.

NEW DELHI, Oct 31 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 34,273,300 today, as 12,830 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, the federal health ministry’s latest data showed.

Besides, 446 deaths due to the pandemic, since yesterday morning, took the total death toll to 458,186.

Most deaths, 358, were reported from the southern state of Kerala. “More than 70 percent of cases (deaths) are due to comorbidities,” said the federal health ministry.