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UNI NEWS DIGEST AT 1900 HRS ON NOV 3

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New Delhi: Indian Navy rescues hijacked fishing vessel Azini off Somalia coast, frees all 20 crew members (DI 9)
New Delhi: Rajnath Singh sets Rs 3 lakh crore defence production target, Rs 50,000 crore exports by 2029 (DI 10)
New Delhi: People may change Opposition if Rahul Gandhi continues with ‘model of anarchy’, warns BJP (DI 13)
Kolkata: Suvendu to review 125-Day rural employment scheme, summons BDOs for emergency meeting (CA 11)
Kolkata: CAA push brings festive cheer to Thakurbari, triggers political war of words in Bengal
(CA 16)
Patna: Bihar to use river silt for road construction under ‘Nadi Sanjeevani’ scheme: Samrat (CA 21)
Tehran: Iran continues dialogue with Saudi Arabia, seeks regional security framework without Foreign Forces: Araghchi (DF 3)
New Delhi: India to build its own tunnel boring machines if China restricts supplies: Piyush Goyal (DC 6)
New Delhi: More Indians enter high-income bracket, 8% report earnings above Rs 50 Lakh: Report (DC 10)
Srinagar: Ladakh administration directs Wangchuk’s wife, HIAL founder Angmo to halt classes
(DR 31)
Chandigarh: Haryana clears Rs 424.69 crore projects, including 500 buses, Gurugram flyovers and Panipat rail bridge (DR 38)
Jammu: J&K Police seize 11 dumpers, mining mafia booked, one nabbed in Kathua (DR 46)
Mumbai: PM Modi inaugurates Pune Metro Line-3, lays foundation stone for 4 Metro corridors
(BY 11)
Wardha: Gadkari pulls up road contractor for substandard work in Wardha (BY 20)
Hyderabad: Cyclone Murasu crosses Coastal AP; IMD issues red alert for three Telangana districts (MS 15)
Bengaluru: Jitendra Singh challenges Cong's 13-crore voter removal claim (MS 18)
Chennai: Former Minister and Oppn DMK MLA Anitha Radhakrishnan, 6 others acquitted in DA case (MS 26)
Auckland: Gill backs flexible batting order, sets fitness test for Hardik (SPD 6)
Mohali: India face South Korea in semis of Asian Champions Trophy Punjab 2026 (SPD 7)
Dubai: India spinner Vaishnavi Sharma earns major rankings boost after Zimbabwe series (SPD 10)
Dakar: India open Youth Olympic medal account with silver & bronze (SPD 12)
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Jantar Mantar should never have been a designated protest venue, no fundamental right to protest at a particular site: Delhi Police tells SC

04 Nov 2026 | 12:24 AM

New Delhi, Nov. 3 (UNI) Delhi Police on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that Jantar Mantar should not have been a designated protest venue as it is a public road with limited capacity to accommodate large gatherings and lies close to sensitive Central government offices, institutions and foreign embassies. It also maintained that there is no fundamental right to protest at a particular site.

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Public-private partnership essential to making Delhi a better medical hub: CM

03 Nov 2026 | 11:04 PM

New Delhi, Nov 3 (UNI) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday said the government is working to strengthen healthcare facilities across the national capital, with a focus on disease prevention and providing affordable medical services to residents.

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NEET-PG may shift from percentile-based qualifying system to rank-based merit system

03 Nov 2026 | 10:36 PM

New Delhi, Nov. 3 (UNI) A 12-member expert committee set up to review the NEET-PG admission system has recommended replacing the existing percentile-based qualifying system with a rank-based merit system, a proposal that has received in-principle approval from the National Medical Commission.

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Congress accuses EC of ‘Word Games’ over Form 6, demands halt to SIR

03 Nov 2026 | 10:30 PM

New Delhi, Nov 3 (UNI) The Congress on Tuesday stepped up its confrontation with the Election Commission of India (ECI) over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, accusing the poll panel of using “word games” to defend a flawed exercise that, according to the opposition party, deletes existing voters first and subsequently asks them to seek re-enrolment as new electors.

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Supreme Court restores registration of Crystal Crop protection’s insecticide, sets aside Delhi High Court order

03 Nov 2026 | 10:25 PM

New Delhi, Nov 3 (UNI) The Supreme Court has restored the registration certificate granted to Crystal Crop Protection Ltd for the import and manufacture of the insecticide Halosulfuron methyl, setting aside a Delhi High Court judgment that had cancelled the registration.

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