Mukesh Ambani offers prayers at Rameswaram temple
Billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani visited the Sri Ramanathaswamy temple in Rameswaram and offered prayers ahead of his daugther’s wedding scheduled next month. He was accompanied by his son Anand.
After offering prayers, Mr. Ambani placed the wedding invitation card of his daughter Isha at the feet of the presiding deity. He also donated Rs. 55,000 to the temple.
Gearing up for elections
Makeshift polling booths are getting ready at Kanhmun in Mizoram on Tuesday.
With the campaigning ending on Monday, poll officials are gearing up to conduct the Assembly elections in Mizoram. Voting will be held for all the 40 seats on Wednesday.
Mizoram is the last bastion of the Congress in the northeast, having been in power in the State since 2008 and now eyeing a third consecutive term. In 2013 assembly elections, the Congress won 34 seats, while the Mizo National Front (MNF) had five and Mizoram People’s Conference bagged one seat.
The Congress and the main Opposition, the MNF, have fielded 40 candidates each, while the BJP is contesting in 39 seats. The Zoram Peoples Movement (ZPM), an alliance formed by two political parties and four groups, is contesting in 35 seats.
Fire at slum in Mumbai
Fire fighters engage in a cooling operation after dousing fire at Shastri Nagar slum on Tuesday.
Two persons were injured when a fire broke out at a slum in suburban Bandra on Tuesday, a fire brigade official said.
Around 15 huts were also gutted in the fire. The blaze erupted around 10.30 am at the slum in Shastri Nagar area, located near the Bandra railway station.
C.A. Bhavani Devi accorded warm welcome
C. A. Bhavani Devi, first Indian to win the gold medal in the senior Commonwealth fencing championship in Canberra on her arrival at Chennai airport on Tuesday, November 27, 2018.
C.A. Bhavani Devi who won the gold medal in the senior Commonwealth fencing championship in Canberra recently, received a rousing reception at the Chennai airport on Tuesday.
21 held in melee over Malaysian temple land dispute
Police remove the wreckage of a burned car after rioting outside Sri Maha Mariamman temple in Subang, Malaysia, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018.
Malaysian police say 21 people have been arrested over rioting that broke out amid a dispute over the relocation of an Indian temple outside Kuala Lumpur.
The melee began early Monday morning when a group of intruders attacked Indian devotees praying at the Sri Maha Mariamman temple in central Selangor state. Another group of men retaliated early Tuesday morning by vandalizing the office of property developer MCT Berhad and torching vehicles.
A unit of MCT owns the land on which the temple sits and is embroiled in a legal tussle to relocate the century-old temple to an area nearby.
Encounters break out in Kashmir's Kulgam, Pulwama districts
Army jawans keep vigil near the encounter site in Redwani area of Kulgam District south kashmir on Tuesday, 27, November 2018.
Two separate encounters broke out between militants and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam and Pulwama districts on Tuesday, police said.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Redwani area of Kulgam district around midnight, a police official said. The operation was launched after receiving information about the presence of militants in the area, he said.
Trump rallies for embattled US senator in Mississippi
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as artificial snow falls during his address to supporters at a Make America Great Again rally in Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S., November 26, 2018.
President Donald Trump stumped in Mississippi on Monday for Republican Senate appointee Cindy Hyde-Smith who has found herself in a closer-than-expected runoff contest after comments she made about attending a public hanging drew condemnation.
While Mr. Trump rallied supporters, Hyde-Smith’s opponent, Democrat Mike Espy described his campaign as an effort to reach across the “chasm of racial division” during a speech at a predominantly African-American church.
Voters will decide the runoff election Tuesday.
Migrant Caravan in Tijuana
Honduran migrants who are part of the 'migrant caravan' walk towards Tijuana on November 26, 2018 in Mexicali, Mexico.
Around 6,000 migrants from Central America have arrived in Tijuana with the mayor of Tijuana declaring the situation a 'humanitarian crisis'.
A chaotic border clash with choking tear gas fired by U.S. agents left Central American migrants sullen and dejected, with some opting Monday to leave and others worrying the incident may have spoiled their chances at asylum. Mexican security forces stepped up their presence at a Tijuana sports complex where thousands from the migrant caravan have been sheltered, apparently seeking to avoid a repeat of Sunday's ugly scene. Police blocked the migrants from walking toward the border in the morning, though later on they allowed them to move about freely.
(With inputs from Agencies)
