Live news updates for November 24, 2017

Here are the stories which are making the headlines on Friday.

24 November 2017

13:25 PM

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday released the fifth list of thirteen candidates for the upcoming Gujarat elections.

12:19 PM

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is addressing a rally at Porbandar in poll-bound Gujarat. He says, "Gujarat doesn't just belong to 5-10 big industrialists, it also belongs to farmers, labourers and small-scale businessmen."

11:45 AM

The body of a 40-year-old man was found hanging from the outer walls of Nahargarh Fort here on Friday morning, with the message "'Padmavati' ka virodh" - in protest against the film "Padmavati".

10:45 AM

Parliament's Winter Session to be held from December 15 to January 5.

10:10 AM

07:12 AM

The Centre's special representative for a sustainable dialogue in Jammu and Kashmir Dineshwar Sharma will begin his second tour of the state during which he will visit migrant camps in Jammu as well as epicentres of unrest in the Valley.

An old Kashmir hand, Sharma, who had served in the state with the Intelligence Bureau from 1992-94 when militancy was at its peak, will be in the state for four days, spending two days in Jammu before going to Kashmir.

07:11 AM

In the backdrop of the 73-day- long Dokalam standoff, the Army has decided to significantly ramp up road infrastructure along the Sino-India border and tasked its Corps of Engineers to vigorously work on it to ensure swift movement of troops whenever necessary. Official sources said the Corps of Engineers (CoE) has already initiated a series of steps including placing orders for latest versions of various mountain cutting and road laying machines and equipment besides procuring assault tracks for fast movement of troops.

06:47 AM