From crucial BJP meet to attack on Iraqi PM, your news capsule is here

A crucial meeting of the BJP’s National Executive members will be held on Sunday (November 7) which is expected to deliberate on the outcome of the recent poll results and the strategy for the upcoming assembly elections in five states early next year.

 

The meeting will be chaired by national president JP Nadda and will be attended by top leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and other union ministers. Read more

A drone laden with explosives targeted the residence of Iraqi PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi in Baghdad early on Sunday in what the Iraqi military called an attempted assassination, but said the Prime Minister escaped unhurt.

 

Security sources said that the attack injured several members of Kadhimi`s personal protection. Read more

A Mumbai-based businessman claimed on Saturday that he was privy to how actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan was 'framed up' in the NCB's alleged drug bust on a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast.

 

Vijay Pagare said that Aryan, who got bail from the high court after spending three weeks in prison following his arrest on October 3, was implicated by some people to make money. He also claimed that he knew the people involved in this episode, including NCB witness Kiran Gosavi whose selfie with Aryan, had gone viral. Read more

England sailed into the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup despite their 10-run loss to South Africa on Saturday with Ashes rivals Australia also making the last four from Group I. Kagiso Rabada`s final over hat-trick came too late for South Africa who lost out to Australia on net run-rate count after the three sides ended with eight points from five matches. Read more

Tripura police on Saturday booked 102 social media account holders under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), criminal conspiracy and forgery charges and served notices to the authorities of Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to freeze their accounts and inform all particulars of those persons to it, a senior police official said.

 

This comes on the heels of Tripura Police registering a case against four Supreme Court lawyers under the stringent act and various sections of the IPC for allegedly promoting communal disharmony with their social media posts on the recent violence targeting Muslims, a senior official said. Read more