News Headlines : 8th November 2021

  • According to Baramullah Police three terrorist associates arrested today in connection with Cheradari encounter case; 1 grenade and 24 rounds recovered from them.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays foundation stone for four-laning of two key highways in Maharashtra; Also dedicates to the nation multiple road projects for boosting connectivity to Pandharpur.
  • President Ram Nath Kovind confers Padma awards for the year 2020.
  • Former Union Ministers  Arun Jaitley, George  Fernandes, and Sushma Swaraj conferred with Padma Vibhushan posthumously.
  • Classical singer Pandit Chhannulal Mishra and Boxer M C Mary Kom also honoured with Padma Vibhushan.
  • Over 200 local made IEDs weighing about 282.5 kg recovered by 43 Assam Rifles from Indo-Myanmar Border at Moreh in Manipur.
  • Over 108 crore 51 lakh COVID vaccine doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive; Recovery Rate is at 98.24 per cent.
  • Heavy rain disrupts normal life in Tamil Nadu; NDRF teams deployed in affected areas.
  • President Ram Nath Kovind to preside over 51st Conference of Governors and Lieutenant Governors on 11th of this month.
  • Delhi court awards 7-year jail terms to real estate tycoons Sushil and Gopal Ansal for tampering with evidence in Uphaar cinema fire case.
  • Terrorists fired upon a civilian in Bohri Kadal area of old Srinagar. He is hospitalized; condition is critical.
  • Four-day long Chhath Puja begins in different parts of the country.
  • US reopens its land and air borders to fully vaccinated passengers from today.
  • Actress Poonam Pandey’s husband Sam Bombay was arrested yesterday in Mumbai after the actress complained that he assaulted her. Poonam Pandey was admitted to a hospital.
  • Cricket: India won against Namibia by 9 wickets in their last league match of T20 World Cup.