WION Morning News Brief, November 18, 2017
As many as 15 officials led by an Additional Commissioner, swoop down on to Veda Nilayam armed with a search warrant but they were initially prevented from entering the building by police deployed on the road leading to the bungalow.
Income-Tax officials conducted a search at Veda Nilayam, the residence of late Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, at Poes Garden late on Friday. A report says electronic gadgets, including a laptop, desktop and other storage devices were seized.
Pollution levels decreased further on Friday as Delhi received rainfall in some parts of the city, and is expected to witness more such drizzles on Saturday as well, an official from the MET department told the media.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe appeared publicly Friday for the first time since the military takeover in a defiant gesture but faces pressure to step down from his party ahead of weekend protests.
A strong intensity earthquake measuring 6.9 on Richter Scale hit Tibet's Nyingchi prefecture, located close to Arunachal Pradesh border, in the early hours of today.
Union minister Smriti Irani on Friday took a jibe at Congress leader Shashi Tharoor for his reported 'maharaja' comments amidst a row over period drama 'Padmavati'.