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Latest live news: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will soon lay the foundation stone of an international airport at Jewar in Gautam Buddha Nagar. It will be Uttar Pradesh's fifth international airport and work on it starts weeks before the state announces elections.

Param Bir Singh, the former commissioner of Mumbai Police, appeared at the city police's Crime Branch Unit office on Thursday morning after disappearing in October. Singh faces at least four cases of extortion in Maharashtra and his disappearance led to rumours he had fled the country.

"I will join the investigation as directed by the court," Singh told reporters at Mumbai airport, after flying in from Chandigarh, where he was seen Wednesday. 

The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered more Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) be sent to Tripura to secure municipal polls. Trinamool Congress and CPI (M) told the court their candidates and supporters were being harassed in Tripura and not allowed to vote.
Congress leader Mukul Sangma, a former chief minister of Meghalaya, along with 11 other lawmakers of his party in the state have joined the Trinamool Congress. 

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First Published: Nov 25 2021 | 06:18 AM IST

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