The Shiv Sena Thursday said people were waiting to punish Prime Minister Narendra Modi for announcing demonetisation two years ago.

Four persons, including three minors, were reportedly injured in incidents related to blasting of firecrackers as part of the Diwali Festival across the district.

A man was stabbed to death by his friend on Thursday in Sahibabad area here over the non-payment of Rs 250 which the latter had lent him, the police said.

The entry of heavy and medium goods vehicles into the national capital will be banned for three days beginning 11pm on Thursday night as Delhi's air quality worsened to the "severe-plus emergency" category following cracker burning on Diwali.

Central crime branch sleuths Thursday intensified their search for Ballari-based mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy in connection with a money transaction amounting to crores of rupees allegedly linked to a ponzi scheme.

Days after he met heads of opposition parties, including Rahul Gandhi, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu Thursday held talks with former prime minister H D Deve Gowda and Karnataka counterpart H D Kumaraswamy and said it was necessary for the opposition to unite against BJP to save the country and institutions from destruction.

On being ignored by the BJP, the 78-year-old said justice was denied to seniors like him. 'I won’t die suffocating at home. I will take to the battlefield and die like a martyr,' he said.

In a bid to maintain law and order in the district, prohibitory orders will be imposed from 6 pm on November 9 to 6 am on November 11.