Latest News: Encounter Underway in J&K’s Shopian

Catch the latest news stories and updates of the day here.An encounter is underway between terrorists and security forces in Shopian's Safnagri in Jammu and Kashmir, reported ANI.Two buildings collapsed into a pile of rubble and beams on Monday, 5 November, in the French city of Marseille, where authorities spoke of a race against time to find people possibly trapped in the ruins.The buildings – one condemned and supposedly vacant, the other containing apartments, gave way in the morning, revealing a large gap where they had stood once the dust and debris settled.Marseille fire services said two people who were in the street when the buildings collapsed were treated for light injuries.(Source: AP)Congress has released the third list of 13 candidates for Madhya Pradesh assembly elections.(Source: ANI)Delhi police has seized 3847.77 kg of fire crackers and registered 29 cases so far. 26 people have been arrested.(ANI)The Economic Offences Wing of Delhi Police has arrested Sanjeev Dhingra, Director of Dhingra Jardine Infrastructure Pvt Ltd, for duping various buyers in a group housing project "California Country" at Sector 80 in Haryana’s Faridabad to the tune of approx Rs 30 Crore.(Source: ANI)The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet in Special NIA Court, Bengaluru against four accused persons in connection with a case where fake Indian currency notes with the face value of Rs 6,34,000 were found from their possession on 8 August.(Source: ANI)The government has launched ‘India For Humanity’ in order to take the message of Mahatma Gandhi to all parts of the world over the next one year. ‘India For Humanity’ seeks to celebrate great values of humanism which Mahatma Gandhi embodied right through his life, says Vice President Venkaiah Naidu in Malawi.(Source: ANI)The Congress party will observe 'black day' to mark the anniversary of demonetisation on November 8, ANI quotes sources as saying.Former Delhi Chief Secretary KK Sharma has been appointed as the new advisor to Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik.(Source: ANI)A 60 year-old man was crushed to death by a school bus near Vikramshila excavation site in Bihar's Bhagalpur district. All the 20 children of the school bus are safe, Kahalgaon Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Dilnawaz Ahmad said.(Source: PTI)A massive fire broke out in a chemical factory in Ambernath in Maharashtra’s Thane district, injuring four persons and forcing Central Railway to halt train services in the area as its tracks are about a 100 metres away from the site of incident.(Source: PTI)The US will exempt India, China and Japan from the Iran oil sanctions, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said.(Source: AFP)Akali Dal MLA Manjinder Singh Sirsa has filed a criminal complaint against Shah Rukh Khan and others for allegedly hurting Sikh sentiments in the movie Zero.(Source: ANI)79 school students have been abducted from a Presbyterian school in anglophone Cameroon, a government source said.(Source: AFP, AP)Gaddam Dharmendra, Additional Secretary at Headquarters, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Iran, says Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).(Source: ANI)The lawyer who helped free Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death in Pakistan for blasphemy, has fled to the the Netherlands.(Source: Reuters)The IndiGo flight 6E 7123 operating on Rajahmundry-Chennai route developed a technical problem during landing at the Chennai airport, following which a full emergency was declared at the airport. The aircraft reportedly did a go-around before finally landing. All passengers are safe.(Source: ANI)An encounter has broken out between terrorists and security forces in Shuhama area of Ganderbal district in Jammu and Kashmir; more details awaited.(Source: ANI)Delhi Court has acquited Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a criminal defamation case filed by Congress leader Pawan Khera, who had in 2012, alleged that Kejriwal had defamed then Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit.Kejriwal claimed that there was a nexus between Diskhit and power companies.(Source: ANI)A newspaper close to Turkey’s government claims that a team from Saudi Arabia sent to help Turkish authorities investigate the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi worked instead to remove evidence of the slaying.Sabah newspaper, citing “trusted sources,” said on Monday, 5 November, that an 11-member team of Saudi investigators that arrived in Turkey nine days after Khashoggi was killed included a chemical expert and a toxicology expert.(AP)Four railway gangmen were killed on Monday in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi district when a train ran over them, police said.The men were working on the tracks between Sandila and Umartalai when the incident took place.(IANS)North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is set to visit Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin later in November, the South Korean Ambassador to Russia said on Monday, 5 November.The specific dates of Kim's Russia visit were not announced but Woo Yoon-keun said it was likely to happen later this month.(IANS)Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, 5 November, addressed the crew of INS Arihant which returned from its first deterrence patrol, completing the establishment of the country's nuclear triad.The success of INS Arihant is a big step towards strengthening national security, he said.“It is a fitting response to those indulging in nuclear blackmail, credible nuclear deterrence is the need of the hour,” Modi added.(ANI)INS Arihant DeQoded: The Final Piece in India’s Nuclear TriadTwo Reuters journalists sentenced to seven years in prison for violating Myanmar's Official Secrets Act while investigating the killing of Rohingya in the country lodged an appeal on Monday, 5 November.Than Zaw Aung, a defence lawyer representing the two Myanmar journalists Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, told Efe news that he filed the appeal at the Yangon's High Court.(IANS)Jailed Myanmar Reuters reporters to file appealThe Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) on Monday, 5 November, released a second list of 17 candidates for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh Elections.(ANI)BJP Releases List of Candidates for MP, Mizoram, Telangana Polls The Kerala High Court on Monday, 5 November, said that devotees and media at the Sabarimala Temple should not be blocked.“The government should not interfere in the day-to-day activities of the temple. A department level inquiry must be conducted on policemen who had damaged the vehicles,” the court said.(ANI)Kerala HC Says Media, Devotees Should Not be Blocked at SabarimalaOne person was killed and about 18 people were injured in a bus accident near Himachal Pradesh’s Namhol in Bilaspur district. The injured have been shifted to a hospital in Bilaspur.(ANI)President of Iran Hassan Rouhani said on Monday, 5 November, that Iran will 'proudly bypass' the US sanctions on oil, shipping and banking that started on Sunday, 4 November, at midnight.(ANI)US retreats step-by-step on oil sanctions: RouhaniA high rise building on Kolkata's Park Street caught fire on Monday, 5 November. Ten fire tenders have been deployed to control the fire.(ANI)Shri Hiphei, the Speaker of Mizoram Legislative Assembly has resigned from his post amid speculations of him joining the BJP.(ANI)At least 25 shanties were gutted in a fire that broke out in southeast Delhi's Jangpura area, a senior officer of the Delhi Fire Service said on Monday, 5 November. The incident took place on Sunday night, he said.No casualties or injuries were reported, he said, adding that the cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained.(PTI)Prime Minister Narendra Modi will celebrate the festival of Diwali in Uttarakhand’s Kedarnath town, sources quoted by ANI said.Broadly negative Asian markets, along with a slightly weak rupee and profit booking dragged the key domestic equity indices in the red during Monday's morning trade session.In addition, heavy selling pressure was witnessed in banking, auto and consumer durable stocks.(IANS)Global cues, rupee dent equity indicesFive Maoists have been killed in an encounter with the security forces and ammunition recovered in Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said on Monday, 5 November.The gun battle took place inside a forest area near Papluru village in the Kalimela late on Sunday.(IANS)Landslides in Ramban district on the Jammu-Srinagar highway on Monday, 5 November, blocked the road that was restored for one-way traffic less than a day ago, a senior traffic department official said."Traffic was restored from Jammmu to Srinagar last evening. Today it was scheduled to open for those travelling from Srinagar to Jammu," he said.(IANS)Jammu-Srinagar highway shut after fresh landslidesTwo people were killed in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna late on Sunday, 4 November, in a fire sparked by fireworks.(ANI)Devi Singh Patel, BJP candidate from Assembly constituency of Rajpur passed away due to a heart attack, early morning on Monday, 5 November, ahead of the elections in the state.(ANI)US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended the re-imposition of sanctions on Iran, saying the new tough controls on oil, shipping and banking that started on Sunday, 4 November, at midnight will force Tehran to stop sponsoring terrorism.Speaking to Fox News on Sunday hours before the new sanctions went into effect, Pompeo said the move would cut off Iran from its oil market and target 600 individuals and companies in the finance sector.(IANS)US sanctions will not hurt Iranian people: PompeoA thick layer of smog enveloped parts of New Delhi on Monday, 5 November, as the air quality index (AQI) breached the ‘hazardous’ catergory.Delhi's Mandir Marg recorded 707 AQI, Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium 676 and Jawaharlal Nehru stadium 681.(ANI)Shallow fog dips visibility in DelhiSouth Korea and the United States will resume their battalion-level marine exercises on Monday, 5 Novemebr, which were suspended in exchange for a detente with North Korea.(ANI)US, South Korea renew mutual military commitmentA thick security cover awaits Sabarimala as the Lord Ayyappa temple opens on Monday, 5 November, for a special puja. Police have banned assembly of four or more people in Sabarimala and nearby areas.Protesters have urged media organisations not to send women journalists to the temple.(ANI)Amid Tight Security, Sabarimala Devotees Begin Trek to TempleSyrian President Bashar al-Assad has discussed the formation of the constitutional committee with the visiting Russian President's Special Envoy on Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev.Lavrentiev's visit came days after Russia, Turkey, Germany, and France held a summit in Turkey's Istanbul to discuss the formation of the committee.(IANS)Assad discusses formation of constitutional committee with Russian envoyA police constable and four others were killed in two separate accidents on the Yamuna Expressway on Sunday.Two persons were injured in the incidents, police said."Four persons were killed after two cars collided with each other. In another incident, a constable died as his canter rammed a truck," they said.(PTI)Four, including policeman, die on Yamuna Expressway(At The Quint, we are answerable only to our audience. Play an active role in shaping our journalism by becoming a member. Because the truth is worth it.)

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Latest News: Encounter Underway in J&K’s Shopian

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Encounter Underway in J&K's Shopian

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3847.77 kg of Fire Crackers Seized; 29 Cases Registered in Delhi This Year