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• Authorities in Bangladesh have evacuated around 100,000 people from low-lying coastal villages and islands as Cyclone Bulbul crossed the coast of West Bengal with a maximum wind speed of 110-120 km per hour gusting upto 120 km per hour into Bangladesh.


• "Severe cyclonic storm Bulbul crossed West Bengal coast close to Sundarban Dhanchi forest from 20:30 to 23:30 hrs IST of November 9 with the wind speed of 110-120kmph gusting up to 135kmph," the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said early.

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• Woody Allen has settled a $68 million breach of contract lawsuit against Amazon, which cancelled a movie deal with him amid the #MeToo movement, court papers show.


• Lawyers for the film director and Amazon filed a joint notice dismissing the case in a court in New York.

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• Two White House national security officials sounded alarms about improper pressure on Ukraine in early July, well before President Donald Trump's bombshell phone call with Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky, according to impeachment testimony released.


• Fiona Hill and Alexander Vindman told House investigators that on July 10, they reported concerns to White House attorney John Eisenberg over top Trump allies pressuring Kyiv for political help for the US leader. That was two weeks before Trump spoke to Zelensky.

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• German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier urged the United States to be a "mutually respectful partner" and reject nationalism, in a clear salvo aimed at US leader Donald Trump as Germany marked 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall.


• Recalling the United States' key role in helping to bring down the hated Wall separating communist East Germany from the capitalist West, Steinmeier said he still hears the late American president Ronald Reagan's cry of "tear down this wall" at the iconic Brandenburg Gate.

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• Commerce and Industry minister Piyush Goyal will begin a three-day visit to the United States next week to resolve bilateral issues over trade between the two countries.


• The minister will arrive in Washington on November 12 and is expected to hold talks with his US counterpart Robert Lighthizer on November 13, which might result in sealing the trade deal as the two sides appear close to a breakthrough on some trade issues, an official source said.

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• United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Saturday welcomed the opening of the Kartarpur Corridor, saying the initiative paves the way for interfaith harmony and understanding.


• In a historic people-to-people initiative, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurated the historic corridor linking Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan, the final resting place of Guru Nanak Dev, to Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Punjab's Gurdaspur.

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• The core group of BJP is set to meet in Maharashtra a day after the party was invited by Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari to form government in the state.


• The Governor of Maharashtra Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari asked the leader of elected members of the single largest party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, Shri Devendra Fadnavis to indicate the willingness and ability of his party to form the government in Maharashtra," the Governor's office said in a statement.

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• Super 30 fame mathematician Anand Kumar has been invited to address a two-day ''World Tolerance Summit'' beginning November 13 in Dubai.


• The summit is an initiative of the International Institute for Tolerance, as part of UAE's Prime Minister and ruler Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's global drive.


• "It is a privilege and opportunity for me to participate at the summit which will be a gathering of government leaders, key figures from the public and private sectors, peacekeeping ambassadors and change-makers from around the world," Mr. Kumar said in a statement in Patna.

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• A student of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, was found dead in her hostel room on Friday, the police said, adding that it is suspected to a case of suicide. However, no suicide note has been found yet, they said.


• A police official, investigating the case, said: "The reason for her suicide is not known. We are investigating."


• The student, a native of Kerala, was pursuing an integrated MA programme at the institute, the police said.

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• Schools, colleges and other educational institutions were closed in Jammu and Kashmir and some other states ahead of Supreme Court verdict in the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case.


• The Jammu and Kashmir administration also imposed Section 144 till midnight and school examinations scheduled for has been postponed.


• Security has also beefed up at places of worship and bursting of firecrackers has been prohibited.

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• Delhi University students held a protest against construction of a 39-storey building in the varsity’s North Campus, alleging that it will overlook six women’s hostels and invade their privacy.


• The students have been on an indefinite strike against the construction of the building.


• Alleging corruption in the process of granting permission to the builder to construct the building, the students burnt two effigies ‘Mr. Corruption’ and ‘Mrs. Corruption’.

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• Come January 2020, and customers may not have to pay any charges for transactions done through the popular NEFT system.


• A proposal in this regard has been mooted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to give impetus to digital transactions on the third anniversary of demonetization.


• The central bank has also proposed that FASTags would be enabled to pay for parking fees and even at fuel stations.

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• Leicester moved up to second in the Premier League as a 2-0 victory over Arsenal further dented the Gunners' hopes of a top-four finish. Chelsea were also 2-0 victors against Crystal Palace as they too jumped above Manchester City into third.


• But it was another woeful afternoon for north London's big two as Tottenham were held 1-1 at home by Sheffield United to slip to 12th.


• League leaders Liverpool host City in a highly-anticipated clash between the champions of Europe and champions of England at Anfield.

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• West Indies beat Afghanistan by 47 runs to claim their first one-day series win in more than five years as their bowlers took control amid an invasion of moths.


• Sheldon Cottrell, Roston Chase and Hayden Walsh each took three wickets as Kieron Pollard's side wrapped up the three-match series with a game to spare.

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• Roy Krishna excelled for ATK as they handed Jamshedpur FC their first defeat with a 3-1 result in an Indian Super League (ISL) match between the two sides at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan here.


• After a barren first half amid pouring rain in Kolkata, ATK surged to a 2-0 lead through two penalties, both converted by star striker Krishna (57', 71').

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• Assam Civil Service officer Hitesh Dev Sarma has been appointed as the coordinator of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the northeastern state.


• The 1986-batch officer got the job after the Supreme Court allowed incumbent Prateek Hajela an inter-cadre transfer to Madhya Pradesh, and asked the Assam government to suggest names of officers who could succeed him.