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21:50 Trump's daughter, Ivanka to celebrate Diwali at Hindu temple

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's daughter will celebrate the Diwali festival at a Hindu temple in the crucial swing state of Virginia with the members of the Indian-American community, who have

traditionally supported the Democratic party in the US polls.

Ivanka Trump will celebrate Diwali with Indian-Americans during her visit to the Rajdhani Temple at Chantilly on Wednesday, campaign officials and community leaders said.

This is the first time a family member of one of the two top presidential candidates is visiting a Hindu temple.

Last week, Trump attended a charity event organised by Republican Hindu Council to raise funds for Kashmiri Pandits and Hindu victims of terrorism in Bangladesh. This was also the first time a presidential candidate attended an Indian-American event. It was attended by more than 5,000 people.

The visit of Ivanka, 34, a successful businesswoman and a key figure of the Trump campaign, to the Rajdhani Temple would "go a long way in breaking the stereotype," that the campaign "represents only angry white voters," said Rajesh Gooty, an Indian-American community leader in Virginia.

21:24 India win Kabaddi World Cup

Just In: India beat Iran 38-29 to win Kabaddi World Cup 2016.

India staged a heroic comeback in the second half to beat Iran and lift the World Cup for third time in a row.

Overall, this is India's eighth World Cup title.

A huge cache of arms, ammunition and explosives was recovered from Serandag jungles of Latehar today, police said.

Over 50 IEDs, 350 bullets, eight pressure bombs, 10 gelatin sticks, 500 metre codex wire, three rifles and other materials were recovered, SP Anup Birtharay said.

Acting on a tip-off, CRPF and district personnel launched a search operation in the Serandag jungles under Heran police station area and recovered the explosives, arms and ammunition, he said.

Iraqi security forces have killed 48 of the gunmen who stormed parts of Kirkuk in a shock attack claimed by the Islamic State group, the city's police chief said.

"Forty-eight Daesh (IS) terrorists have been killed in the clashes," Brigadier General Khattab Omar Aref told AFP, adding that some of them blew themselves up when the security forces cornered them.

Special counter-terrorism and intelligence units were hunting down some of the dozens of IS fighters who stormed public buildings in the early hours of yesterday.

Clashes have been taking place almost uninterrupted since and the city, which lies some 240 kilometres north of Baghdad, remains under curfew.

A senior interior ministry official said that at least 46 other people had been killed in the IS raid and ensuing clashes, mostly members of the security forces.

"The security forces control the situation now but there are still pockets of jihadists in some southern and eastern neighbourhoods," Aref said.

Patanjali is entering the textile manufacturing sector, its founder Yoga guru Ramdev today said and expressed hope that the group's growth rate will swell to 200 per cent in the next fiscal.

Patanjali group will make a big venture in textile manufacturing sector and apart of traditional kurta-pajama, it will come out with foreign wears like jeans, Ramdev said at the inaugural function of the two-day Global Investors' Summit in Indore.

"Our growth rate is 100 per cent in the current fiscal, which is going to climb to 200 per cent in the next financial year," he said.

He said Patanjali group wants to throw up Rs 10,000 crore income avenues to farmers in farming, milk production and other sectors in the next 2-3 years.

Karan Johar's Ae Dil Hai Mushkil was recommended four cuts by the censor board including reduction of the duration of kissing scenes involving Anushka Sharma by half, according to the CBFC certificate that has surfaced online.

The romantic drama, set to release on October 28, has been given U/A certificate by the censor board.

The CBFC also asked for deletion of three dialogues along with visuals accompanying it.

The certificate shows that two additions have been made after the film's examination, which include anti-smoking scroll wherever smoking scenes come and increased duration of disclaimer of fiction.

Meanwhile, the film, which had been facing a series of troubles for a month, is finally set for a nationwide release on its scheduled date of October 28 with the MNS ending its protest against it and government extending its support to the film.

19:41 Baahubali 2's first look revealed at MAMI

The first look of director S S Rajamouli's much-awaited film Baahubali 2: The Conclusion was released today at the ongoing Jio MAMI 18th Mumbai Film Festival.

The director posted on Twitter: 'And how he wins the Mahishmati Kingdom with his Unrestrained Power is #Baahubali2 The Conclusion.'

The wallpaper shows actor Prabhas, in the eponymous role, showing off his pectorals, a chain wrapped around his left arm and holding his signature sword in the right.

October 22 is also the lead actor's birthday.

Also released on Saturday was a video on the making of the film, which can watched in a virtual reality headset.

Baahubali 2 is slated to release on April 28, 2017.

A member of the Swedish Academy that awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature to Bob Dylan says the US singer-songwriter's silence since receiving the honour is "impolite and arrogant."

Per Wastberg said Dylan's lack of reaction was predictable but disrespectful nonetheless.

He was quoted telling the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter in Saturday's edition,

"One can say that it is impolite and arrogant. He is who he is." Wastberg said the academy still hopes to communicate with the 75-year-old artist, whose award credits him with creating "new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition."

The academy says it has failed to reach Dylan since the award announcement October 13. It was mentioned on Dylan's official Twitter and Facebook accounts. The prize will be officially conferred December 10 in Stockholm.

DMK Treasurer and Opposition leader in the Tamil Nadu assembly M K Stalin has convened an all-party meeting in Chennai on October 25 to discuss the Cauvery issue.

The Dravidian party's allies, the Congress and the IUML, confirmed their participation for the Tuesday meeting, even as BJP had already ruled out its presence if DMK held such a meeting.

Stalin said that the October 25 meeting was being held following pleas from various quarters, including Cauvery delta farmers and public to "exert serial pressure" on the Cauvery issue.

"The meeting has been convened (under him) as Opposition Leader at (DMK headquarters) Anna Arivalayam on October 25 at 10.30 am," Stalin said his letter to different parties.

The Centre today formed a three-member committee to keep a close watch on the bird flu situation which has so far killed 24 birds in the national capital.

The Union Environment Ministry said a constant vigil is being kept around the National Zoological Parks to monitor and contain the H5 avian influenza along with the state agencies.

"Constant vigil being observed by Government agencies in & around National Zoological Park to monitor & contain H5 Avian Influenza in.. co ordination with State level Agencies. @moefcc has constituted a three-member committee to keep a close watch over the developments," Union Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave said in a series of tweets.

The Delhi government has shut the Hauz Khas Deer Park amid bird flu scare. It has also cancelled leaves of all officials of Delhi Animal Husbandry Department.

However, it has ruled out any threat to human beings due to the bird flu because the strain of the virus is "less infective".

Twenty-four birds have died at different places, including 11 ducks at the Deer Park since October 14.

National Zoological Park shuts down temporarily amid bird flu scare in New Delhi on Wednesday. Photograph: PTI Photo

United States President Barack Obama has compared his healthcare initiative Obamacare with Samsung Galaxy Note 7, saying when a smartphone has a few bugs, one fixes it and not just throw it away unless it catches fire, media reports said.

During a speech at Miami Dade College in Florida on Thursday, he said when a smartphone (or a law) has a few bugs, you fix it or upgrade it. You do not just throw it away unless it catches fire, The Verge news site reported.

"Then you pull it off the market. But you do not go back to using a rotary phone. You do not say well, we are repealing smartphones," Obama said.

"We are just gonna do the dial-up thing. That is not what you do. The same basic principle applies here. We are not gonna go back to discriminating against Americans with pre- existing conditions," he was quoted as saying by website.

Obama acknowledged the "growing pains" facing his signature Affordable Care Act and compared the 2010 legislation to the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones which have caught fire, prompting the company to recall the smartphones, The Blaze news site reported.

He used several analogies to describe 'Obamacare' which has faced widespread scrutiny in recent months as several leading insurance companies have pulled out of the exchanges, the report said.

Obama used much of the speech to defend his legacy on health care reform, pushing back against the Republican Party, which has called for a full repeal of 'Obamacare', it added.

Sending a strong message to those rebelling against it, Samajwadi Party today expelled MLC Udayveer Singh, who had written a letter to party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, demanding that Chief Minister Akhilesh

Yadav be made its national president.

"Udayveer Singh has been expelled from the party for six years for his undignified and indisciplined behaviour," state party spokesman Ambika Chaudhary said.

The party will not tolerate undignified behaviour and indiscipline. It has reached where it is in 25 years because of discipline, Chaudhary said.

In the four-page letter to the party supremo earlier this week, Udayveer had said, "SP state president Shivpal Yadav and other members of his family have misled you (Mulayam) and hatched a conspiracy against CM Akhilesh, who should be made party national president and given all the powers."

Asked about his expulsion from the party, the MLC said, "I will give my version only after getting the letter."

He said he had no regret about the points raised by him in the letter.

Veteran Assamese journalist Tilak Hazarika has died following a prolonged illness, family sources said.

He was 96 and is survived by his wife and daughter.

Hazarika passed away a little after midnight last at a local nursing home where he was admitted on September 18 following a brain haemorrhage.

Hazarika was serving till his death as the Editor of the Assamese weekly 'Sadin' and as an advisor of the vernacular daily 'Dainik Pratidin'.

He had also served earlier as the editor of another weekly 'Amar Asom'. Members of the media fraternity paid their tribute to the veteran journalist at the Guwahati Press Club before his last rites were performed.

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has expressed his grief over Hazarika's death and extended his condolences to the bereaved family.

The United Nations special investigator on counter-terrorism and human rights has accused Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump of peddling "lies and xenophobia" by claiming a link between Syrian refugees and Islamic State extremists.

British human rights lawyer Ben Emmerson told a press conference "there is no evidence that terrorist groups take advantage of refugee flows to carry out acts of terrorism, or that refugees are somehow more prone to radicalisation than others."

"Almost without exception, refugees and migrants do not pose a risk of terrorism," he said.

"They are, in fact, at risk of fleeing the areas where terrorist groups are most active. And irresponsible statements of the kind made by Mr Trump on Wednesday do nothing but fuel prejudice and stigma."

Emmerson was responding to Trump's statement during the final presidential debate that Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton is "taking in tens of thousands of Syrian refugees who probably, in many cases, not probably, who are definitely, in many cases, ISIS-aligned," using another acronym for IS.

He said other leaders in a number European countries and elsewhere have implied that routes used by migrants "are capable of being misused by returning foreign fighters and members of ISIS."

"The reality is that the evidence shows that there is almost no statistical support for that," Emmerson said. "The reason I single out Donald Trump is ... because I think he went further than any other leader has gone by asserting that there was definitely a link between substantial numbers of Syrian refugees into the United States and ISIS, and that is nothing more or less than a xenophobic lie."

A Belgian shopping center was evacuated on Saturday after a man opened fire with a Kalashnikov rifle in a store in Chatelineau, 50 km (35 miles) south of Brussels, Belgian media reported.

Police escorted dozens of shoppers out of the Cora mall after assailants burst into the store on Saturday morning in an apparent robbery attempt, national news agency Belga reported.

There were conflicting reports on the number of assailants, with RTL News citing the police commissioner as saying several gunmen were inside the store. Local paper La Gazette cited unnamed sources saying there were three.

"Shots were fired with a Kalashnikov," Mayor Daniel Vanderlick told RTL.

No one was injured and the men appeared to be after jewelry.

Bullet proof vehicles were pressed into service on Friday night to evacuate over 400 people rattled by the sound of Pakistani mortar bombing and firing in border hamlets.

Border dwellers in Bobiya and adjoining hamlets in Hiranagar sector in Kathua district have been experiencing sleepless nights due to the intensified shelling and firing by Pakistani Rangers on October-20 and 21.

Police armed with bullet proof vehicles criss crossed the shell-hit hamlets particularly Bobiya on Friday night carrying loads of scared villagers. They were ferried to the camps setup by the district administration at government higher secondary school in Hiranagar and another school at Chhan Khatrian.

"Due to heavy firing and shelling for two days and the fear psychosis among the border residents, we pressed into service bullet proof vehicles to evacuate them", Deputy Commissioner Kathua, Ramesh Kumar told PTI.

Over 400 people from IB hamlets were evacuated and shifted to the safer areas in camps set up by the government, the DC said.

"We have asked the authorities to ensure safety of the people as firing and shelling exchanges have increased. We don't want civilian to suffer", IG BSF Jammu Frontier, D K Uphadayaya said.

Describing 'triple talaq' as anti-constitutional and anti-civilisation, Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu today said its time the country should abolish this "gender discrimination", in the light of principles of justice, dignity and equality.

"Triple talaq is anti-constitutional, against law, against the principles of democracy and anti-civilisation. This kind of opinion is on the rise. There is a discussion going on, on this subject. Already so much of time has been taken. It is time the country should move forward to abolish 'triple talaq' to end the discrimination and also have gender justice and equality before law. We should end this," Naidu told reporters.

"Even Muslim women are demanding justice. There should not be any gender discrimination. There should be gender justice. All are equal before the Constitution," he said speaking here on the sidelines of a programme organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

He suggested that as the Supreme Court is currently scrutinising the issue, anybody can go and voice their concerns. On the Uniform Civil Code, he said, "the government will do everything in a transparent manner. It will take Parliament into confidence. Some sections are resorting to a false propaganda that the government is trying to implement Common Civil Code from backdoor."

Actor Ajay Devgn says the film industry is united when it comes to nationalism but extremely "scared and vulnerable" when politics is dragged in between.

When asked if it is nationalism or fear, Ajay said, "Both. When it comes to nationalism, as I said, I stand by the country. When it comes to politics, an industry man gets a little scared. He gets scared because if today you say anything against a group, your film will be stopped, something will happen.

"We are very vulnerable where politics is concerned. Where nationalism is concerned, I don't think it (Bollywood) is divided." he added.

His statement comes against the back of Karan Johar's directorial project "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" being at the receiving end of MNS' ire for casting Pakistani actor Fawad Khan.

The The 47-yer-old actor said many people are scared to voice their opinion when it comes to politics as they may end up facing unnecessary backlash.

"We want to stay away from politics because we are vulnerable. But when it comes about the nation, there I stand by it. But when politics is concerned, sometimes you say it but most of the time 'aap darr ke chup ho jate ho' (you are scared and keep mum)."

He said just like the society, Bollywood is divided too but the film industry has never faced any issue when it is about religion, something which is its "biggest credit."

"Film industry is divided, just like the society. But when religion is concerned, it is not...'Religion ka problem aata hi nahi hai entertainment mein'. Whatever the political or religious situation be, people working in our films are Hindus, Muslims, Parsi, Christians."

14:37 Jayalalithaa is progressing well: TN Guv

Tamil Nadu Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao today visited Apollo Hospitals, where Chief Minister Jayalalithaa is undergoing treatment, and was happy to note that she was "progressing well".

Rao's visit, the second this month, comes a day after the hospital announced that Jayalalithaa, admitted on September 22 after she complained of fever and dehydration, was interacting and progressing gradually.

"Rao visited the chief minister in the ward where she is undergoing treatment. The governor was happy to note that the chief minister is progressing well," a Raj Bhavan release said.

Chairman of Apollo Hospitals, Dr Pratap C Reddy, briefed the governor on the treatment being given to Jayalalithaa by a team of experts including doctors of Critical Care Group, senior cardiologist, senior respiratory physician, dieticians and diabetologist, among others, it said.

Reddy told the governor that Jayalalithaa "continues to be under treatment and observation for all vital parameters, respiratory support and passive physiotherapy," it said.

"The chief minister is interacting and responding remarkably to the treatment," it said.

An envelope containing a white powdery substance was sent to one of White House hopeful Hillary Clinton's campaign offices in New York, though police initially ruled out any danger.

The envelope was first delivered to Clinton's offices in Manhattan, where campaign workers then transferred it to her Brooklyn headquarters, New York Police Department Lieutenant Thomas Antonetti told AFP.

"The preliminary investigation determined that it was negative in terms of containing a hazardous substance," he added, noting the Department of Health was conducting further evaluation to determine the nature of the substance.

Antonetti said the envelope also contained writing, but no death threats.

"We're trying to determine what the substance was. For right now, we can at least rule out any poisonous or deadly nature of the substance," Antonetti said.

Even as Maharashtra Navnirman Sena gave its approval to 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, trouble for Karan Johar's film is far from over.

Sticking to its position, Single Screen Owners Association has said that it will not show Ranbir Kapoor-starrer film in their theatres despite Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis' support to the film.

Earlier, the theatre owners in four states -- Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa and parts of Karnataka -- had decided that they will not screen films with Pakistani actors and ADHM has Pakistani actor Fawad Khan.

The film is slated to release on October 28.

"I would like to point out the false and frivolous allegations and the claims made are wild and unsubstantiated. I will take action against those who sought to tarnish my reputation," said Gandhi in a statement.

"I've never met Edmonds Allen who has written this letter containing these allegations, nor do I know him," he added.

Gandhi also said that he did not have access to secret defence deal information.

Swaraj Abhiyan leaders Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav had released a letter written by Edmonds Allen, a New York-based lawyer, to the PMO last month that Varun was honeytrapped and compromised by arms dealer Abhishek Verma.

Allen alleged that Verma "blackmailed" Varun, a member of the Defence Consultative Committee, into sharing sensitive information on crucial arms matters.

Varun rejected these charges, saying he has not met Verma since 2004 and threatened to file a defamation suit against Bhushan and Yadav over the charges.

Curfew was today lifted from six police station areas of the city but normal life remained affected in Kashmir for the 106th straight day due to the separatist-sponsored strike.

Curfew was imposed yesterday in six police station areas of the city.

A police official said the situation in the summer capital here and elsewhere in the Valley was under control, even as a youth died during clashes between protestors and security forces in Budgam district of central Kashmir

yesterday.

The official, however, said restrictions on assembly of four or more people were in place throughout the valley for maintaining law and order.

Security forces have been deployed in strength at vulnerable spots and along the main roads to as a precautionary measure, the official said.

Meanwhile, normal life remained affected in Kashmir due to the strike.

12:25 Tamil Nadu governor meets Jaya in hospital

Tamil Nadu governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao today visited AIADMK chief and chief minister J Jayalalitha at Apollo Hospitals in Chennai.

On Friday, the hospital said that the chief minister, who has been hospitalised since September 22, is interacting and progressing gradually.

Finance Minister O Panneerselvam was allotted Jayalalithaa's portfolios and handled the affairs of the state in her absence.

After giving his approval for the release of Karan Johar's film Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray said that every producer who has cast Pakistani artists will pay Rs 5 crore as penance to army welfare.

Thackeray also said that producers will have to give in writing that they will not take Pakistani actors in their films.

"While Pakistan bans Indian content, why do we give them a red carpet here?" asked Thackeray in a press conference after his meeting with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Ae Dil Hai Mushkil team.

10:53

And here you have it... MNS confirms... "We will not oppose Ae Dil Hai Mushkil's release."

10:51 Pakistan to appoint new army chief soon: Minister

The Pakistan government will appoint a new army chief within a week or 10 days to replace incumbent General Raheel Sharif who is poised to retire by end of November, a senior minister has said.

"The government has not yet decided [as to who will be the new army chief] but is likely to announce his name in week or ten days' time," State Minister for Capital Administration Tariq Fazl Chaudhry said.

General Raheel had announced several months ago that he will not seek a second term unlike his predecessor General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani. The government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been under pressure to rename the successor of General Raheel to end uncertainty amidst domestic and external security challenges.

Cases have been registered against social activist 'Traffic' K R Ramaswamy and his aide Fathima for allegedly spreading rumours about the health status of Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, police today said.

A top police official said that cases have been registered under various IPC sections including section 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot).

Police have already arrested eight persons on the charge of spreading rumours about the health of Jayalalithaa, undergoing treatment at the Apollo Hospitals here since September 22. They had warned of stern action against those spreading rumours on the chief minister's health and have already registered around 50 cases in this connection.

Shortly after MNS chief Raj Thackeray, Karan Johar and the Film and Television Producers Guild of India president Mukesh Bhatt met Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis, Bhatt clarified that the movie, which has been facing trouble, will release without any problem next Friday.

Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Bhatt said, "I assured Fadnavis that the Producer's Guild has decided that we will not work with Pakistani artists in the future."

Bhatt also said that Karan Johar will display a slate before the movie starts which honours the Uri martyrs. This slate would be placed even before Karan Johar's father's slate that appears in each of Dharma Production movies.

Bhatt said that they had decided that the movie will release on Friday without any impediment, which surely comes as a sigh of relief for Johar and the cast of the movie. Additionally, the producers have said that they will be contributing a significant amount of money to army fund as a tribute to the soldiers.

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray and Karan Johar meet Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis over the release of Johar's movie 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil'.

The MNS has vowed that they will not allow the release of the movie owing to the presence of Pakistani actor Fawad Khan in it.

Earlier, producers of the movie had also met Home Minister Rajnath Singh seeking protection and the smooth release of the movie.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh gave his word of assurance to a delegation led by Film and Television Producers Guild of India President Mukesh Bhatt, who sought security in theatres to ensure its release.

09:19

Kerala: BJP worker attacked in Idiyanchira near Thrissur, admitted to hospital

09:10 Brosnan ad as per contract: Pan Bahar

The firm which used Pierce Brosnan's image to promote its products, triggering a social media storm in the process, said that it had not breached the contract it signed with the Hollywood star.

Under fire for endorsing Pan Bahar, the former Bond star said he was "deeply shocked and saddened" by the criticism.

"The advertisement was made as per the contract bet ween Pierce Brosnan and the company , following all the formalities," Dinesh Jain, brand owner of Pan Bahar said. He said the company had not deviated from the contract. "Everything was done as per the contract. The product is 0% tobacco. It is a mouth freshener and there is no trace of any tobacco in the product. Hence the advertisement was made as per the law," said Jain.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Friday recommended a fine of Rs 50 crore per circle against the top three incumbent operators Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular for denying sufficient points of interconnect to Reliance Jio Infocomm resulting in inconvenience to RJio's consumers as a large number of call attempts resulted in failure.

While a fine of Rs 50 crore each for 21 circles has been recommended for Bharti and Vodafone, for Idea the same is for 19 circles.

Since Trai does not have powers to levy fines, it has recommended the department of telecommunications to levy the same in its capacity as the licensor since these companies have violated their licence conditions. It has said that though the licensor has the powers to revoke the licences for defying directions, it has not suggested such a harsh measure as it would inconvenience a large number of consumers.

08:46 PM calls up Mirzapur couple, christens baby

Prime MinisterNarendra Modi recently granted wish of a Mirzapur couple to name their new-born daughter after the infant's mother wrote to him. The girl's father, BharatSingh, said he received a call from the PM who congratulated him and told him that their newborn would become their strength one day.

"Hello, main Narendra Modi bol raha hoon. Aapki patni Vibha Singh ka patra mila, aapko badhai, aapke ghar beti ayi hai. Is bachchi ka naamkaran Vaibhavi karein, isme mata evam pita dono ka naam hai (Hello, I'm Narendra Modi. I received the letter of your wife Vibha Singh. Congratulations, you are blessed with a daughter. Name the girl Vaibhavi, as it contains the names of both the mother and father)," Modi told Bharat on phone.

Uttar Pradesh unit chief of the Samajwadi Party Shivpal Yadav declared his nephew Akhilesh Yadav the party's chief ministerial candidate for the 2017 assembly elections in the state. "Akhilesh Yadav will be the next CM, if the party is voted to power. He will be our CM candidate," Shivpal Yadav said at a meeting that the incumbent chief minister despite a personal invitation from his uncle refrained from attending.

Indian forces on Saturday caught a Pakistani spy in Samba sector of Jammu and Kashmir, reports said. The arrested spy has been identified as Bodh Raj.

At least two Pakistani SIM cards and a map showing deployment of forces was also seized from his possession.

Meanwhile, Pak troops once again violated ceasefire in Rajouri sector of Kashmir Valley late on Friday night. Heavy shelling was heard along the line of control in Manjakote sector. Indian Army gave fitting reply, sources said.

Eminent writer Ruskin Bond on Friday said the decision to award the Nobel Prize for Literature to singer-poet Bob Dylan was 'not a right one' and is an 'insult' to all the great writers who have received the award so far.

"Dylan is a successful musician and a great entertainer,but I am not sure whether he was given the award in the right category," Bond said during a conversation organised as part of 'River Talks -- the North East Literary Festival' in Guwahati.

Dylan is not really a writer and awarding the prize to him in the literature category is a 'great insult to all the writers who have already received the award and also to those who rightly deserve it', the author said.

"The decision of the Nobel Committee, however, has on several occasions not been right and there is not much one can do about it," said the Padma Bhushan-winning author who has been writing for more than half a century now.

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