5 stories you must read today, November 17: From 45 pilgrims killed in Saudi Arabia bus accident to SC asking Centre to decide on ratifying UN cybercrime treaty

Forty-five pilgrims from Hyderabad, who were on umrah, died in a bus accident in Saudi Arabia early on Monday when they were travelling from Mecca to Medina. Control rooms have been set up in the Secretariat and Telangana Bhavan in Delhi to provide appropriate information and assistance to the families of the victims. One person has reportedly survived the crash. Read more

A day after making its first arrest in the Red Fort blast case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested another man, a native of Kashmir for allegedly providing technical support. Identified as Kasir Bilal Wani alias Danish, the suspect also modified drones and attempted to make rockets ahead of the deadly car bomb blast, the agency said. Read more

With the House of Representatives is all set to vote on releasing the files related to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that Republicans should vote in favour of releasing them, as they “have nothing to hide,” and that it was time to move on from the “Democrat hoax.” Read more

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Pune unit president Pradeep Garatkar quit on Monday, and decided to contest against the party candidate for nagaradhyaksh in the Indapur Nagar Parishad. He will now be contesting as a candidate of the Krishna Bhima Vikas Aghadi with the support of NCP(SP), BJP, and Shiv Sena members. This marks a major setback for Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar in his home district. Read more

While hearing a suo motu case concerning a ‘digital arrest’ fraud, a Supreme Court bench asked the Centre to take a call on ratifying the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime, underlining the importance of international cooperation in combating cybercrimes. The Supreme Court then proposed transferring all such ‘digital arrest’ cases from the different states to the CBI and asked them to submit details of such cases registered in their respective jurisdictions. Read more