ECI Likely To Announce Assembly Elections For Five States In January, Say Sources

News18 - Nov 9, 2026

Election Commission to announce poll schedule after visits by CEC and 2 Election Commissioners to poll-bound states; full bench visits likely to begin in late November or December

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Chennai’s pollution crisis has spilled onto the tennis court, forcing the postponement of the WTA 250 Chennai Open women’s singles final after hazardous smog engulfed the city. The title clash between defending champion Janice Tjen of Indonesia and Poland’s Magda Linette was originally scheduled for Sunday, November 8. But heavy rain, smoke from Diwali fireworks and deteriorating air quality repeatedly disrupted proceedings at the SDAT Tennis Stadium. Reports cited an alarming AQI reading of 1,556 in the area. n18oc_breaking-newsn18oc_india News18 Mobile App - https://onelink.to/desc-youtube

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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a high-severity vulnerability impacting SonicWall SonicOS to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following reports that it said may have been exploited in real-world attacks. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-19868 (CVSS score: 7.1 / 7.5), has been described as an authentication reinforcement

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