Republic Top 10 headlines: NSA-level talks on Afghanistan; Rafale scam; UP polls and more

At NSAs' Meet, Ajit Doval & Tajikistan, Uzbek counterparts assess Afghanistan crisis

National Security visor (NSA) Ajit Doval met his counterparts from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan on sidelines of Delhi Regional Security Dialogue on Tuesday. As per sources, a detailed exchange of views on Afghanistan, with significant convergence of assessments, was held between NSAs. Concerns were reportedly expressed over sharp increase in terrorist threats from Afghanistan in recent past.

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NCB quizzes independent witness Prabhakar Sail for 11 hours, summoned again on Nov 11

Narcotics Control Bureau’s independent witness in investigations on claims of extortion against NCB officers in Mumbai cruise-drug bust case, Prabhakar sail has once again been summoned by NCB team. Sail has been summoned to NCB office on November 11 at 3 pm. summon has been sent by second team of NCB. Sail, who appeared before a vigilance team of NCB on Tuesday was quizzed for over 11 hours.

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Ashok Gehlot reaches Delhi to meet Rahul & Priyanka Gandhi amid Cabinet reshuffle buzz

Amid delock over Cabinet expansion in Rajasthan, CM Ashok Gehlot reached Delhi directly from Jodhpur accompanied by state Congress president Govind Dotasra. He is likely to meet former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vra on Wednesday afternoon. While this led to speculation that a Cabinet reshuffle is on cards, sources reiterated that re is no consensus on this issue between Gehlot and Congress high command. So far, it has been unable to convince him to replace underperforming Ministers with legislators belonging to camp of Sachin Pilot. 

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Apple CEO Tim Cook Confirms He Owns Cryptocurrency, Says 'I Think It's Reasonable'

In major news for cryptocurrency investors, Apple CEO Tim Cook has now confirmed that he personally owns cryptocurrency. Replying to a question at New York Times DealBook conference on wher he owns Bitcoin or Ereum, Cook said that he has been interested in cryptocurrency and have invested in decentralised digital tokens to diversify his portfolio. Cook’s confession to owing crypto ds him to list of select millionaires who have invested in digital currency market.

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Rafale Scam: BJP's Pralh Joshi Claims 'Centre Bargained, Purchased Jets At Best Price'

After expose by French investigative magazine Mediapart's alleged kickbacks during Rafale negotiations under UPA government, Congress and BJP have been levelling allegations against each or over deal. Union Minister Pralh Joshi on Tuesday responded to claims me by a French portal that Rafale jets makers paid 7.5 million Euros to middlemen between 2007 & 2012, and said that BJP does not know about bribe amount as y 'bargained a lot and purchased jet at best prices'.

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'Rioters Were Felicitated At CM House': Yogi ityanath Fires Salvo At Erstwhile SP Govt

Escalating his attack on erstwhile Samajwi Party government ahe of Uttar Presh Assembly polls, CM Yogi ityanath accused it of protecting rioters and terrorists. dressing a public garing in Baun on Tuesday, ityanath highlighted spate of riots that took place in UP during Akhilesh Yav's tenure as CM from 2012 to 2017. Moreover, he claimed that rioters were felicitated in CM House during this period. Alleging that cases against terrorists were withdrawn when SP was in power, ityanath brandished his government's zero-tolerance approach to terror. 

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Sanatan Sanstha Denies Buying Dawood's Property; Warns Nawab Malik Of Legal Action

On Tuesday, right-wing outfit Sanatan Sanstha denied having purchased any property from Dawood Ibrahim as alleged by Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik. According to this organisation, NCP leer was levelling this charge to deflect from ex-Maharashtra CM Devendra Fnavis' serious allegations against him. Maintaining that re was nothing wrong in land deal with Salim Patel and 1993 bomb blasts convict Sardar Shah Wali Khan, Malik h claimed, "Iqbal Dawood Kaskar's house in Konkan was purchased by Sanatan Sanstha. So should we say that Sanatan has a connection with Dawood (Ibrahim)?"

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Farmers Announce Tractor March To Parliament; Huge Mobilisation At Delhi Borders On Nov 26

Samyukta Kisan Morcha announced on Tuesday that 500 farmers will participate in a tractor march to Parliament daily during upcoming Winter session. SKM is an umbrella body of several farm organizations protesting at Delhi borders seeking repeal of three agrarian laws passed by Parliament. It stressed that this march will be peaceful with an aim to increase "pressure" on Centre to force it to accept demands of farmers.

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'Completely Unacceptable': US Concerned Over Detention Of UN Staffers By Ethiopian Forces

United Nations on Tuesday informed that 16 of its Ethiopian staff have been detained in dis Ababa, with six ors having been released. Briefing reporters in New York, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric, as per Sputnik, said world body was “actively working” with Ethiopian government for immediate release of those who were still in detention. Meanwhile, Ethiopian government's spokesperson Legesse Tulu said security forces have detained UN local employees accusing m of "participation in terror" under a state of emergency.

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Spooked by India's NSA-level talks on Afghanistan, Pak scampers to host its own dialogue

Spooked by India, Pakistan scampered to host a Troika Plus meeting with senior diplomats from United States, China, and Russia on situation in Afghanistan. meeting scheduled for Thursday, November 11, comes after Pakistan declined an invite to India's NSA-level dialogues to be held in Delhi today (November 10). Afghanistan's acting Foreign Minister Amit Khan Muttaqi will also be present in said meeting to be held in Islamab, Dawn reported.

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