Hyderabad, Nov 26 (PTI) As many as 1,821 candidates are left in the fray for 119 constituencies in the December 7 Telangana Assembly polls, the state election commission said Monday.

The commission is coming out with the official figure Monday after withdrawal of nominations ended on November 22.

According to an official release, 1,762 nominations were either rejected or withdrawn.

Election officials had Thursday said the final number of candidates left in the fray would be known after receipt of information from the constituencies.

UN, November 26. /TASS/. Seven members of the UN Security Council have voted against Russia's agenda of the emergency session dedicated to the violation of Russia’s borders by Ukrainian military vessels, while China, Russia, Kazakhstan and Bolivia voted in favor of it. Four more countries have abstained from the vote.

The UN Security Council will still discuss the situation in Ukraine during the session called at the US’ initiative under Kiev’s agenda.

KANPUR: Two bundles containing Korean cigarettes worth nearly rupees six lakh have been confiscated by the RPF team here on Sunday.

In a raid, in the Parcel coach of the Gauwhati-New Delhi Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Express, RPF team seized two doubtful bundles. After opening the bundle, they found banned Korean cigarettes in a large quantity. Seizure included 6000 pieces of banned cigarettes in the packets.

Washington, Nov 26 (PTI) The US on Monday announced a USD 5 million reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction in any country of any individual who committed, conspired, aided or abetted the 2008 Mumbai attack.

The Trump administration announced this major reward (of over Rs 35 crore) on the 10th anniversary of the terror attack in which 10 Pakistan-based LeT terrorist went on a shooting rampage in India's financial hub killing 166 people, including six Americans.

Suresh Nair was arrested on Sunday by Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) for supplying the bombs used in 2007 Ajmer dargah blast that killed three and injured 17.

According to The Indian Express, “Nair has been accused of having supplied the bombs used in the attack that killed three and injured 17. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had declared Rs 2 lakh reward on his arrest. Nair was one of three absconding accused in the case. The other two are Sandeep Dange and Ramchandra.”

A 20 year old Jewish man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in Israel for making 2000 hoax calls that forced evacuations of US Jewish community centres and planes. 500 of those calls were made in Australia.

Israeli-American man has been identified as Michael Kadar in separate indictments in the United States for alleged hate crimes.

25 Nov 2018; DW: Thousands of people are rallying for a temple to be built at the site of a mosque that was razed in 1992 by fanatics. Many Hindus, and some historians, claim that the mosque was built on the site of Lord Rama's temple.

Huge crowds of saffron-clad protesters waved swords and chanted "Praise Be to Ram" Sunday in the northern Indian city of Ayodhya, demanding that a temple be built on the site of a demolished Moghul-era mosque.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Voters in Taiwan passed a referendum asking that marriage be restricted to one man and one woman, a setback to LGBT couples hoping their island will be the first place in Asia to let same-sex couples share child custody and insurance benefits.

CHENGDU, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- Senior officials of China and India had reached some important consensus on boundary issues during a Saturday meeting, said a press release from the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

The 21st round of talks between Chinese and Indian special representatives on boundary issues was co-chaired by Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province.

PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, November 25. /TASS/. Russia and the United States should begin a normal depoliticized work on combating terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and in cyber security area, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin program on the Rossiya-1 television channel on Sunday.

25 Nov 2018; AFP: President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday reignited the power struggle that has crippled Sri Lanka's government for more than a month, vowing never to reappoint arch-rival Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister.

Wickremesinghe's party has a majority in parliament and Sirisena's bid to bring back the country's former strongman Mahinda Rajapakse has already failed.

TASS, November 25. At least 14 civilians were killed in an airstrike delivered by the US-led coalition in the settlement of Al-Shaafa in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor governorate, SANA news agency reported on Sunday.

According to SANA’s sources, all those killed were members of one family.