Indian Sub-continent

Kolkata, Nov 19 (PTI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday announced postponement of a November 22 opposition conclave in Delhi to chalk out details of the proposed anti-BJP front.

Emerging from an hour-long meeting with his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee here, Naidu told reporters that the fresh date for the meeting of non-BJP parties will be announced very soon.

Bengaluru, Nov 18 (PTI) Amid demands from some quarters for RBI governor Urjit Patel's resignation, Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance Veerappa Moily Sunday said if he quits over the stand-off between the top bank and the Centre, it will send a bad signal to global markets.

"If Patel decides to resign over its (RBI) differences with the central government, it will be a very sad and bad for the Indian economy.

Mumbai, Nov 18 (PTI) Former Union minister Arun Shourie Sunday said ex-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had a "great sense of remorse" for imposing Emergency, but the situation today is "graver" than it was in 1975-77.

He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's juggernaut can be stopped in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls if the entire Opposition unites and follows the principle of one candidate against the BJP in every seat.

Gadchiroli (Maha), Nov 19 (PTI) Two women Naxals were gunned down in an encounter with police commandos in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district on Monday morning, a police
official said.

The gun battle broke out between the ultras and C-60 commandos, a specialised combat unit of the Gadchiroli police, in Nihalkay forest area under Dhanora taluka around 8.30 am, Gadchiroli's Additional Superintendent of Police Mahendra Pandit told PTI.

The commandos were on an anti-Naxal operation in the area since Sunday night, he said.

New Delhi, Nov 19 (PTI) Over 270 fresh cases of dengue have been reported over the last one week in the national capital, taking the total number of people diagnosed with the vector-borne disease this season to 2,146, according to a municipal report released Monday.

Of the total number of cases, 551 were reported this month till November 17.

As many as 1,114 cases were reported in October only, the report said.

Also, 450 cases of malaria and 150 of chikungunya have been reported this season, it said.

KATHMANDU, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Nepali Finance Minister Yubaraj Khatiwada on Monday expressed his belief that the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative would help transform the economy of those partnering countries including Nepal.

The minister made the remarks here during a two-day international conference on the Belt and Road Initiative in South Asia and Nepal.

Khatiwada said the initiative created win-win situation for those countries.

VELIKA KLADUSA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — It is biting cold near the border of Bosnia and Croatia, and nothing really keeps the migrants camping there stay warm.

After a mild autumn, the weather in the Balkans gave way to gray skies, plunging temperatures and cutting wind. The approach of another winter announced tougher times for migrants stuck in the region while trying to reach western Europe.

KANPUR: As many as 3123 candidates have not appeared at the TET held at 64 examination centres here on Sunday. The examination was conducted in two shifts. This is a teacher eligibility test.

This entrance examination remains mandatory for securing teaching jobs in government schools from class 1 to class 8. Satish Tiwari, the Nodal officer told a total of 59,683 examinees turned up at the test in both the shifts.

KANPUR: Insanitary conditions in long-distance trains like North-East Express and Patna-Anand Vihar Special train enraged the passengers so much that they pressurised the railways' authorities to make cleaning instantly on Sunday.

On passengers’ deep distress at the poor state of toilet cleanliness in North-East Express the train was delayed for half an hour. All the sleeper and air-conditioned coaches were properly cleaned.

KANPUR: Several trains like Kalindi Express, Chauri Chaura Express and Ajmer-Sealdah Express remained late for more than an hour owing to breakage in the GMC fourth line on Sunday. GMC is a railway station code. Even this kind of break was also reported earlier on Saturday. Luckily Licchavi Express and Poorva Express passed on the track safely. The movement of the trains started only after the damaged track was changed.