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<p><strong>Breaking News Live:</strong>&nbsp;Hello and welcome to the live blog of ABP Live. Please follow this space for all the breaking news and latest updates from India and around the world.</p> <h3><strong>ULFA, Centre, Assam Govt To Sign Memorandum Of Settlement Today:&nbsp;</strong></h3> <p>The Assam Chief Minister's Office has announced that a tripartite memorandum of settlement will be signed in New Delhi on Friday between the ULFA (pro-talks faction) and the central and state governments.</p> <p>''A Memorandum of Settlement will be signed between the Government of India, the Government of Assam, and representatives of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) tomorrow at 5 pm in New Delhi in the presence of the Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Sh. Amit Shah,'' the CMO announced on 'X'.</p> <p>Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who is scheduled to attend the signing, retweeted the post as well.</p> <p>A 16-member ULFA pro-talks delegation, led by chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa, arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday to meet with Shah before the agreement is signed.</p> <p>Anup Chetia, the outfit's general secretary, has been camping in New Delhi since Monday and met with peace mediator AK Mishra on Tuesday. The Centre sent a draft of the proposed agreement to the pro-talks faction in April, and another round of talks with the faction was held in New Delhi in August. Chetia stated in October that they had sent their suggestions for the draft proposals to the Centre.</p> <h3><strong>NSG, Police To Conduct Security Mock Drills In Pune On Friday:&nbsp;</strong></h3> <p>An official said on Thursday that the elite National Security Guard and police will conduct security drills in Maharashtra's Pune city on Friday as part of an annual exercise, urging citizens not to panic, PTI reported.</p> <p>The simulated counter-terrorism operation will last 36 hours and will take place at the College of Agriculture, Shrimant Dagdusheth Halwai Temple, and the High Energy Materials Research Laboratory, a Defence Research and Development Organisation lab, according to Commissioner of Police Retesh Kumar.</p> <p>He described it as an annual exercise conducted by the anti-terror agency in major cities with a terror-related history.</p> <p>The mock drills will include personnel from Maharashtra police's Force One, Pune police, the fire brigade, the health department, and the Pune civic body, in addition to NSG commandos, he said.</p>

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