The Aam Aadmi Party on Friday took on&nbsp;BJP's Delhi MP&nbsp;Gautam&nbsp;Gambhir&nbsp;for enjoying cricket in Indore over attending a&nbsp;crucial&nbsp;meeting on Delhi pollution. In a tweet, the party said, "Instead of sitting in the commentary box and enjoying... attend meetings on air pollution". They even posted this image of Gambhir&nbsp;enjoying jalebis in Indore&nbsp;with his commentary partners.&nbsp;Gambhir is currently in Indore as a commentator for the India vs Bangladesh cricket match.&nbsp;The former cricketer soon took to Twitter to&nbsp;hit back at the Aam&nbsp;Aadmi&nbsp;Party, saying that his work speaks for itself. He also added that he welcomes the criticism if that helps solving Delhi's pollution problem. But it was not just the sports star,&nbsp;according to reports&nbsp;several MPs and top officials skipped the meeting called by the high-level parliamentary panel.&nbsp;Only four MPs, out of the 29 on the list, and a few other officials turned up for the meeting.&nbsp;Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has said that will investigate and take necessary action.

The Supreme Court on Friday came down heavily on the Centre and Delhi govt on the issue of deadly pollution in the National Capital Region. The top court pulled up the Delhi govt on the odd-even scheme and asked if there has been any relief from pollution from the scheme. The apex court also questioned the state for granting exemptions, including to 2-and-3 wheelers, during its odd-even scheme and said that pollution level in Delhi is increasing in spite of the vehicle rotation scheme being in force. But the Delhi government maintained that its odd-even scheme had helped in reducing pollution but the "real culprit" was stubble burning. Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi&nbsp;speaking for the Delhi govt, however,&nbsp;cautioned that removal of&nbsp;exemptions would help&nbsp;but the city would come to a standstill. Meanwhile, the Centre informed the bench that it is examining feasibility of putting up smog towers to reduce pollution in Delhi. The Supreme Court has now summoned chief secretaries of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi to know about steps taken by them to reduce air pollution in Delhi-NCR.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar has said a Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government will be formed and it will complete five-year term, ruling out the possibility of mid-term polls in Maharashtra, which is currently under Presidents rule. Pawar said the three parties want to form a stable government which will be development-oriented. NCP leader Nawab Malik has said the government is likely to be formed in 20 days. "The chief minister will be from the Shiv Sena. It walked away from the 'Mahayuti' on the issue of the chief minister's post. The rift between Shiv Sena and BJP was over the CM post. So we are not going to contest for the CM post", said Nawab&nbsp;Malik.

The Delhi High Court Friday denied bail to former finance minister P Chidambaram in the INX Media money laundering case filed by the ED. The court denied him bail saying that prima facie&nbsp;the allegations against him are serious in nature and he played active and key role in the offence.&nbsp;Justice Suresh Kait said that wrong message will be sent to the society if bail is granted to Chidambaram in this case. The senior Congress leader was arrested by the in the money laundering case on October 16.

Calling out Pakistani propaganda on Kashmir, columnist Sunanda Vashisht told a US Congressional hearing on Human Rights in Washington on Thursday that India has "not occupied" Kashmir and it was always an integral part of India. Vashisht added that there is no India without Kashmir, and no Kashmir without India. At the second hearing by US Congress in 3 weeks on J&amp;K, Vashisht stated that terrorists trained by Pakistan had caused "ISIS level of horror and brutality" in the Kashmir Valley long before the West was even introduced to the brutalities of radical Islamic terror.

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the Enforcement Directorate's plea challenging bail to Karnataka Congress leader DK Shivakumar by the Delhi High Court in a money laundering case. The court also rebuked the agency and pulled up the ED for copy-pasting its arguments from the plea against ex-FM P Chidambaram&rsquo;s case without editing. &ldquo;This wasn&rsquo;t the way to treat citizens,&rdquo; Justice RF Nariman remarked before dismissing the ED&rsquo;s appeal.

While people suffer deadly pollution, officials tasked with framing strategy to fight pollution have only criminal negligence and contempt for people's lives. A meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of Urban Development had to be cancelled as 3 commissioners of MCD, Vice-Chairman of DDA, and Secretary of Environment ministry did not turn&nbsp;up for the crucial meeting. The Committee has reportedly taken serious note of the officials' absence.

Delhi CM Arvind&nbsp;Kejriwal&nbsp;has said that the govt will monitor air quality in the Capital over the weekend and will decide on extending Odd-Even scheme on Monday if needed. Capital's air quality has remained in severe zone for many days. Friday&nbsp;was the last day of the&nbsp;Odd-Even scheme.

Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan on Thursday echoed superstar Rajinikanth saying that all good leaders of Tamil Nadu are gone and that the state suffers from a political vacuum. Rajinikanth, who is expected to float his own political party ahead of 2021 assembly polls had last week said that state was sorely in need of a powerful leadership. The comment had drawn protests from the ruling AIADMK as well as the opposition DMK.

Delhi is on its last day of odd-even scheme, and it seems the pollution control efforts by Delhi govt have made little difference. The AQI&nbsp;was recorded in the severe category, with major pollutants PM 2.5 and PM 10 at severe plus level of&nbsp;500 in parts of the Capital. A thick blanket of smog covered many areas of the National Capital, and schools remained closed for the second consecutive day. CM Kejriwal&nbsp;had earlier in the week hinted at an extension of the odd-even scheme, and it is to be seen if the decision will be taken.&nbsp;

260 international writers and artists, including Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk, JM Coetzee, and Booker&nbsp;Prize winner Salman Rushdie, have written to prime minister Narendra Modi urging him to review govt decision to revoke author Aatish Taseer's citizenship status. Govt had last week revoked OCI&nbsp;status of Taseer on the ground that he hid information that his father was Pakistani. The writers have stated that Taseer appears to have bee targeted by the govt due to his writings that are critical of the govt.

A 47-year-old Indian man has been arrested in Sharjah after his wife posted a video on Twitter alleging domestic abuse. Jasmine Sultan posted a video of herself on Twitter with a heavily swollen and bleeding eye saying asking for help. Within hours of being posted, the video was retweeted by nearly 37,000 people, tagging UAE law enforcement agencies, Indian missions and the governments. Jasmine says that her husband used to assault her regularly and that he had taken away her and children's passports and all her gold jewellery.&nbsp;The couple has two boys aged five years and 17 months. While the&nbsp;Sharjah Police has detained the accused, the Consulate-General of India to Dubai is in touch with Jasmine. She had said she wants to return to Bengaluru&nbsp;with her two sons.

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday arrested former Fortis Healthcare promoter Malvinder Singh and former CMD of Religare Enterprises Ltd Sunil Godhwani in a money-laundering case related to alleged misappropriation of funds of Religare Finvest Ltd. The Enforcement Directorate took both the accused in its custody inside Tihar central jail itself as the two are currently lodged in a case filed by the Delhi Police in relation to the alleged scam. Both Singh and Godhwani will be produced before a metropolitan magistrate in the prison, when the ED is likely to seek their custodial interrogation.

India has made the first payment of $850 million to Russia for the supply of S-400 missile defence system, Hindustan Times has reported. The delivery of the hi-tech weapons system worth $5billion is on track, the report said quoting sources. The first system is expected to be delivered by 2020 and Russia has assured that all deliveries would be completed in a five-year period.

Union minister Nitin Gadkari compared politics to cricket, where game can change any moment. When asked about political crisis is Maharashtra, where Shiv Sena and BJP have parted ways, Gadkari said that sometimes a game seems lost but the final result is exact opposite. Similarly, the minister added, anything can happen in politics.

Amid a bitter divorce with Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, BJP has lost its allies in poll-bound Jharkhand as well. The All Jharkhand Students Union, which contested last polls with the BJP, will contest this month's assembly elections separately. AJSU demanded 19 seats from the BJP, which was only willing to give 9. Another NDA ally, Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP, has also announced that it will field its candidates on 50 seats in the state.

Renowned mathematician Vashishtha&nbsp;Narayan Singh died at the&nbsp;Patna Medical College and Hospital&nbsp;on Thursday after a prolonged illness. He was 74. But Singh's&nbsp;death&nbsp;has made headlines for the wrong reasons. According to his brother,&nbsp;the premier government hospital in an utter show of&nbsp;callousness allegedly denied him an ambulance to take the body home.&nbsp;According to reports, Singh's younger brother waited for a private ambulance while Singh's&nbsp;body was&nbsp;on a stretcher outside the&nbsp;emergency ward. The Health department, however, has denied the incident saying that the delay was over if a post mortem&nbsp;should be conducted as Singh&nbsp;was brought dead to the hospital. The state has now announced that the mathematician, who once worked at NASA&nbsp;and California University, will be&nbsp;cremated with full state honour.

Terrorism has caused $1 trillion loss to the world economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday as he addressed the 11th BRICS Summit. Addressing the BRICS Plenary Session at the iconic Itamaraty Palace, Prime Minister Modi said terrorism has emerged as the biggest threat to the development, peace and prosperity. Also present at this session were the&nbsp;Presidents of Brazil, China, Russia and South Africa.

Objectionable messages, mostly directed towards right-wing outfits, were found written on the pedestal of a yet to be unveiled statue of Swami Vivekananda on the JNU campus on Thursday.&nbsp;The statue, which is still covered, is located at the same place which is has been occupied by students protesting an increase in hostel fees. The incident has triggered a blame game between the RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad and the Left-backed JNU Students' Union. While the ABVP&nbsp;says the vandalism is an attempt to&nbsp;defame them, the JNUSU&nbsp;says the incident is an attempt to divert attention from the students protest.

A European NGO has unearthed a shadowy network of 265 fake news outlets spread across&nbsp;65 countries that spread content serving Indian propaganda. EU DisinfoLab, an NGO focused on tackling disinformation campaigns linked several websites publishing plagiarised content and opinion pieces with anti-Pakistan propaganda in an attempt to influence European Union and United Nations. According to them it is managed by Indian stakeholders with ties to a&nbsp;Srivastava Group and its IP address leads to 'New Delhi Times' and the International Institute for Non-Aligned Studies (IINS). The IINS was responsible for inviting 27 members of the European Parliament to visit&nbsp;Kashmir with PM Modi.

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Delhi CM&nbsp;Arvind Kejriwal courted controversy again when he took a jibe at Biharis in Delhi while talking about health facilities in Delhi. Kejriwal said that people from Bihar come to Delhi on a ₹500 rail ticket and avail health facilities worth ₹5 lakhs here. BJP Delhi chief Manoj Tiwari trained guns at Kejriwal saying the CM hates people from Purvanchal and Bihar.&nbsp;

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal courted controversy again when he took a jibe at Biharis in Delhi while talking about health facilities in Delhi. Kejriwal said that people from Bihar come to Delhi on a ₹500 rail ticket and avail health facilities worth ₹5 lakhs here. BJP Delhi chief Manoj Tiwari trained guns at Kejriwal saying the CM hates people from Purvanchal and Bihar.

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