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Rajendra Pawar has been performing the caste-based occupation of lohar [Blacksmith] for more than three decades now in rural Maharashtra. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QPQ9vl Sanket Jain

For a few days, people like me who have spent decades in Sangh Parivar organisations have read with disgust and rage, the revelations about MJ Akbar from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2ONAyiR Rashmi Das

MJ Akbar to return to India amid levelling of sexual harassment allegations against him; Zika virus outbreaks in Rajasthan and other top stories of the day from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QJGJSi FP Staff

Amid an increasing clamour for Union minister MJ Akbar's resignation, the BJP is likely to take a clear stand on the allegations of sexual harassment against him once he explains his position upon his scheduled return to India on Sunday from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2AaQx2l Press Trust of India

Devotees of Lord Ayappa held aloft placards and raised slogans against the SC ruling in the Sabarimala case, which they said was against culture and tradition. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QPAJr8 Press Trust of India

Pakistan on Saturday warned of "10 surgical strikes" against India in response to a single such attack. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2AaQwvj Press Trust of India

Annapurna Devi would say, 'Music has real power. It can bring the rains. It can put trees on fire. It can make cows give more milk.' from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QNnUOc Swapan Kumar Bondyopadhyay

More cases of Zika virus were detected in Jaipur on Saturday, taking the total number of infected people to 55. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2A7z5M7 Press Trust of India

A woman was gangraped allegedly by five persons, including an acquaintance of the victim, in Gujarat's Kutch district, police said. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QP238P Press Trust of India

Desai was speaking to a Malayalam TV channel in Mumbai. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2A8Y814 Indo-Asian News Service

The conservation effort for the Asiatic lion lies in establishing one or more alternate homes for the species. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QK3pSi NVK Ashraf

The Marathwada region of Maharashtra may face severe drought conditions in the coming months, due to a 37 percent deficit in the monsoon. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2A8Y6X0 Varsha Torgalkar

Last week, journalist Sandhya Menon in a Twitter thread accused KR Sreenivas of sexually harassing her in 2008. Sreenivas has now submitted his resignation. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QM8zNJ FP Staff

Apart from this, at least 14 teams of NDRF have been deployed to provide relief and rescue operation to those affected by cyclone titli. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2A8Y5SW Asian News International

BJP leader Lata Ketkar also said that she welcomed the #MeToo movement as it gave strength to women if they felt they had been harassed. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QNnWFO Asian News International

Attacks on migrant labourers in northern part of Gujarat had no impact on around 10,000-12,000 odd migrant workers in Alang, Bhavnagar, as business continues as usual in world's largest ship breaking and recycling yard from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2A8Y4hQ Rajnish Mishra

A gunman shot the wife and son of a sitting judge in Gurugram's Sector 49 area in broad daylight on Saturday. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Ej68AK FP Staff

Rahul Gandhi interacted with serving and former employees of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in Bengaluru and called HAL a "strategic asset for India". from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2RNWyZE FP Staff

After undermining SAARC, Pakistan now wants to hijack the SCO for its geopolitical machinations. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Ej66ZE Vinay Kaura

Delhi Police are scanning the CCTV footage of the bank to identify the accused from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2RNn8SE Press Trust of India

As the Election Commission of Jammu and Kashmir conducted the third leg of the four-phased municipal elections on Saturday, one thing becomes clear: Conducting urban and local body elections in the conflict-ridden state will remain a herculean task. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NC5OMR Gursimran Singh

A Twitter spat broke out between cricketer Gautam Gambhir and Omar Abdullah over the controversial death of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Manan Wani. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2pQt5kX FP Staff

In view of the severe damages by cyclone Titli, Andhra Pradesh government urged the Centre to "liberally and expeditiously" sanction relief. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NDAL3l Press Trust of India

A woman killed herself in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Hamirpur allegedly after tying the hands and legs of her four children and setting them ablaze following a dispute with her husband, from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2pQ7VmX Press Trust of India

Union Minister of Food Processing Industries, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, on Friday accused the Punjab government of implementing harsh policies, due to which around 600 to 700 farmers have committed suicide. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NGLhXP Asian News International

In a country where baby girls are raped daily and rural women beaten to death for choosing who they wish to marry, this movement makes little sense, Tavleen Singh tweeted about #MeToo in #India from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2pPMBOf FP Staff

Rahul Gandhi should ask former defence minister AK Antony about the two HAL reports of 2010 and 2012 before formulating his strategy of involving the defence company in his arduous search for a 'scam' in Rafale deal from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NEALQP Yatish Yadav

Four people, including a woman, have been left injured after a bomb blast in Fancy Bazar and Pan Bazaar areas, near Shukleshwar Ghat in Assam's Guwahati. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2RMxBO4 FP Staff

Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada, Puri, Kandhamal and Kendrapara districts were affected by floods, he said, adding Ganjam was categorised as the "worst-affected" from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2EfIJAl Press Trust of India

Amidst strong sentiments against the Supreme Court's verdict allowing women in the 10-50 age group into the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala, gender equality activist Trupti Desai said on Saturday that she was still determined to visit it. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2EgIYLx Indo-Asian News Service

Annapurna Devi was an Indian surbahar player of Hindustani classical music and she was the daughter and disciple of the music maestro Baba Allauddin Khan. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Ei3uvl FP Staff

As a second wave of #MeToo allegations have taken over social media timelines in India over the past couple of weeks, a wide range of accusations - from inappropriate behaviour to rape - have been levelled against public personalities from the fields of (mainly) the media and entertainment from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2OlKY9P FP Staff

Kollam Thulasi, actor and a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporter made the remark at an NDA rally in Kerala's Kollam city. Kerala has witnessed several protests since the Supreme Court allowed entry of all women in Sabarimala temple. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2PxDGfB FP Staff

The state government has been provided information to create awareness about Zika virus. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2RMxyBS Press Trust of India

Seasoned photographer Ketaki Sheth's latest project Photo Studio brings together an array of photographs of defunct or struggling studios from across the country, and in doing so she gives them a new life, most crucially, one separate from history. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Ppp4zb

An autorickshaw driver on Friday was robbed by two men, who threw petrol on him and set his hands on fire after trying to rob him in Bengaluru's Viveknagar Police station limits from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2RMxwde FP Staff

Three Kashmiri students of the Aligarh Muslim University have been booked for sedition for allegedly raising "anti-India" slogans and trying to hold a prayer meeting for Hizbul Mujahideen commander Manan Bashir Wani, who was killed in an encounter in north Kashmir, officials said Friday. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Eg5Ydl Press Trust of India

Jammu and Kashmir civic polls phase 3 LIVE updates:</strong>Polling began Saturday for the third and penultimate phase of municipal elections in Jammu and Kashmir to seal the fate of 365 candidates in the fray across the state.Polling began at 6 am amid stringent security arrangements, officials said. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CdYJ3d FP Staff

Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Babgund area of the south Kashmir district during the night after inputs of the presence of militants in the area. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CfoReb Press Trust of India

The recent revelations about MJ AKbar's assaults on young women mean that his reputation and all that he has stood for is in tatters for all time, and rightly from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CFHpFb Aakar Patel

Our stories come from Aligarh, Mahoba, Banda, Chitrakoot, Guna, Meerut, Udaipur, Bhilwara, Samastipur, Rewa - no small town with a woman journalist lacks for these stories of battling sleaze and abuse, every single day from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Cdcgb9 Khabar Lahariya

Kejriwal's remarks came after Environment Minister Imran Hussain posted some photographs of rampant stubble burning, with an appeal to the Centre and state governments of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan to "urgently find long-term solutions" to crop burning from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CIJKPT Indo-Asian News Service

In the meeting with HAL employees in Bengaluru, Rahul Gandhi will ascertain the company's views and concerns on the company not getting the Rafale contract. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CcIRhi FP Staff

BJP president Amit Shah's statement comes after Opposition leaders raised questions about the saffron party's silence on the issue. He said that it remains to be seen if the allegations are true or false. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CI0dDO FP Staff

Jammu and Kashmir goes to poll for third phase of local body elections, militanst gunned down police personnel in Sopore; Amit Shah reacts to MJ Akbar row - top stories for today from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CcOyvI FP Staff

With the mounting backlog of cases in the country's judiciary, newly appointed Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi is taking steps to address the issue. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CFXyL1 FP Staff

The explosion had occurred in a gas pipeline at the plant of the state-owned Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) in Durg district's Bhilai town. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Ceh9k7 Press Trust of India

Three persons involved in a killing that took place in Taimoor Nagar area last month, were apprehended by the Delhi Police, officials said Friday. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CLllZU Press Trust of India

Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal on Friday reviewed the progress on works being undertaken to cut down pollution level. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Cdc6Az Press Trust of India

The 193-member UN General Assembly held elections in United Nations for new members to the UNHRC. The 18 new members were elected by absolute majority through a secret ballot. Countries needed a minimum of 97 votes to get elected to the Council. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CFHp89 FP Staff

Congress president Rahul Gandhi doesn't believe in responsible politics and has little regard for facts or data. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CcMX92 Sreemoy Talukdar

A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta made the observation while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) which said that export of meat cannot be encouraged or promoted in the country. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CGYXRd Press Trust of India

An army jawan was among three persons injured in a mine blast along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CaNqsx Press Trust of India

The Odisha government is, however, yet to confirm the deaths. "We have seen media reports of the deaths of two or three persons in districts. We are verifying it," Chief Secretary AP Padhi said. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CHT0DR Press Trust of India

Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that action against the Rohingya and other illegal immigrants should not be viewed through the prism of human rights. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CcMVhq Press Trust of India

At an event to mark the silver jubilee of the NHRC, Narendra Modi said the triple talaq legislation is a part of the effort to provide justice to the oppressed. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CHQAoK Press Trust of India

HRD ministry asked AMU to send a report on the prayer meeting held at the varsity's campus for Hizbul Mujahideen commander Manan Bashir Wani. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CddqDG FP Staff

Discussing #MeToo and the world of Indian classical arts, TM Krishna says, 'While there are some wonderful aspects to the guru-shishya parampara, if we do not accept that it is also a convenient platform for abuse of various forms, we are failing students' from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CbNKHo FP Staff

Lipstick in hand and phone at the ready, Meghna Sahoo darkens her eyes with kohl, combs her long, black hair and adjusts a dupatta so she is primed for her first client of the day. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CGk4Dy Reuters

On 9 October, a massive explosion at the Bhilai steel plant left twelve workers dead. Thirteen other people sustained 80 percent burn injuries. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CbRMzG Rashme Sehgal

The flood situation in three south Odisha districts - Ganjam, Gajapati and Rayagada is grim as the water levels in major rivers have crossed danger marks. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CGfSUe Press Trust of India

Kollam Thulasi, actor and a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporter made the remark at an NDA rally in Kerala's Kollam city. Kerala has witnessed several protests since the Supreme Court allowed entry of all women in Sabarimala temple. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CbRJUw FP Staff

The call to throw migrants out of Gujarat in the aftermath of rape of a 14-month-old girl by a Bihari migrant in Sabarkantha district. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CD2yjz Haresh Jhala

Manan Wani was the first from his Tikipora village in Kupwara district, some 130 kilometres from Srinagar city, to pursue a doctorate and also the first militant in recent years. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CbREjG Rayan Naqash

After making its debut at number 2 in 2011in the global index on Right to Information,the year the global RTI agency was launched, India has slipped four positions in the last seven years, to settle at number at 6 from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CEGPHS Hassan M Kamal

MeToo in India: Mumbai-based event manager Vibhu Sharma and bestselling author Sachin Garg have been accused of rape and sexual misconduct. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CbRBo0 Suryasarathi Bhattacharya

Akbar's case could well be a defining moment in Indian politics: the way such accusations are perceived and the subsequent action by political bosses from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CGM0XJ Sanjay Singh

Sushma Swaraj attended the Council of Heads of Government meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Dushanbe. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CfsL6q Asian News International

The Ministry for Women and Child Development will soon propose a committee with senior judicial and legal persons as members to look into all issues emanating from the #MeToo campaign. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2IRcdmJ Press Trust of India

The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), which is the organisation that administers the iconic Sabarimala temple in Kerala, seems to not be able to decide whether or not it wants to comply with the Supreme Court's 28 September order which decrees that women of all ages be allowed access to the temple. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2pPbyJK FP Staff

Akbar left for Malabo in Equatorial Guinea on Thursday. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2IQnRy5 FP Staff

Narendra Modi will be on an official visit to Japan on 28 and 29 October to hold an annual bilateral summit with his counterpart Shinzo Abe. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2pOAHnZ Indo-Asian News Service

Allegations against journalists and advertising professionals have emerged on Twitter from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NvGyrw Neerja Deodhar

My #MeToo moment: A few years later, he met me at an office party and just couldn't get his eyes off my breasts. I have no idea what got into me, but I snapped my finger to break his gaze and said "Sir, let's do this (greeting each other) again. This time you look me in the eye." And that was it. That's all it took for me to gain an upper-hand in this sick, perverted work equation. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2OgdppS Anonymous

Vinta Nanda accused her co-worker Alok Nath "the most Sanskaari person in the film and TV industry" of rape and sexual assault in a Facebook status. In a detailed interview to Firstpost, Nanda confirmed that she was talking about Alok Nath. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2ObTB6S Swetha Ramakrishnan

Symbiosis alumni had taken to social media platforms and shared harrowing accounts of harassment by some faculty members and their seniors. They alleged the authorities did not do anything through the incidents were brought to their notice. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2OfAQzB FP Staff

Some factors niggle in this ongoing #MeToo saga. The accused are not being given a chance to put anything in context, and their reputations are being shredded with no qualms. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2IPlThs Bikram Vohra

From being an important platform for news consumption, Twitter became the only place that disseminated information on the #MeToo campaign. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2pQLr5m Srinivasa Prasad

The Supreme Court made the right sounds, announcing that temples could not be taken over by governments in perpetuity, but there have been missteps as well from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CaqJEQ RN Bhaskar

The former woman judge had resigned in 2014 and had accused a Madhya Pradesh High Court judge, Justice SK Gangele, of sexual harassment. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CENaD4 FP Staff

On 6 January 2014, the SC ruled that no government had the absolute right to take over the management of temples' trusts from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Cb8f78 RN Bhaskar

From Asaram Bapu, Ma Anandamayi, Baba Ramdev, Putuparthi Sai Baba and Sri Sri Ravishankar, over the past two decades Hindus have created several godmen from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CGfdlK RN Bhaskar

The petition seeks removal of control of Devaswom Board over Hindu temples in Kerala. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CaqI3K FP Staff

The Supreme Court Friday refused to stay the West Bengal government's move to give out funds to various Durga Puja committees for celebrations. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CGWKWj FP Staff

#MeToo has allowed women to take strength in solidarity and tell their stories. In the absence and distrust of a due process, survivors of sexual assault have taken to naming and shaming their abusers. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2C9BDe6 Tara Kaushal

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed two separate petitions of senior Congress leaders Kamal Nath and Sachin Pilot seeking directions to the Election Commission to provide the draft voters' list in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan in text format. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2OVLieV Press Trust of India

The State Bank of Mauritius (SBM) lost Rs 143 crore to cyber fraud that was reported by the bank to Mumbai Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on 2 October. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CGD3xL FP Staff

Justice Gautam Patel of the Bombay High Court has come out in support of the ongoing #MeToo movement currently sweeping the country's landscape, saying the patriarchal world does not allow women to speak freely. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2C8Zuul Press Trust of India

https://ift.tt/2yzYxrt from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CEIg9k Avijit Saxena

Very severe Cyclonic storm Titli, which claimed eight lives in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday, weekend into a deep depression by Friday morning. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CeZ7ya FP Staff

The Income Tax Department officials on Friday conducted searches at the residences and offices of TDP MP CM Ramesh in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CGWJld Indo-Asian News Service

D Shankaran, founder of a noted coaching facility, Shankar IAS Academy, for the Indian civil services exam, committed suicide at his Chennai residence on Thursday, media reports said. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2RIaNPq FP Staff

Allegations against Kiran Nagarkar and Pablo Bartholomew emerged on Twitter on Friday | #MeToo from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2pWrTg1 Neerja Deodhar

An internal inquiry has been set up by Air India Express after their Dubai-bound flight from Trichy, with 136 passengers on board, hit the Air Traffic Control (ATC) compound wall on Thursday at the Trichy Airport. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2IPpZWY Asian News International

India has suffered economic losses of $79.5 billion due to natural disasters during the last two decades, according to the United Nations. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2pMHIpi Indo-Asian News Service

Aligarh Muslim University Registrar Dr Abdul Hamid on Thursday informed that Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Manan Wani was rusticated from the University and that the varsity had no knowledge of his know-how ever since. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2IPkrvt Asian News International

Even after prohibition, farmers in Haryana's Karnal district burned stubble in the region. A farmer said that they are well aware of the consequences of stubble burning, but they are helpless and has no alternative. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2pPyQPV Asian News International

Journalism in the 1970s and 1980s was nothing like today's media industry. There were no legal guidelines to identify and prevent sexual harassment at workplaces from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2IQxVXW Pragya Singh

INLD chief Om Prakash Chautala Thursday dissolved the party's student and youth wings, days after a group of youths created ruckus at the Gohana rally attended by Chautala's son and grandsons. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2pNRfMP Press Trust of India

A man hurled a slipper in the direction of the podium where Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) national president Nitish Kumar was seated with other senior party leaders on Thursday. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2IQxVHq Press Trust of India

India is set to be elected unopposed to the Human Rights Council on Friday as a candidate from the Asia-Pacific region. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2pOYAvv Indo-Asian News Service

New accusations made under the Me Too India movement: Director Subhash Ghai and marketing consultant Suhel Seth are the latest names to crop up. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2IQxUDm FP Staff

Dassault Aviation's joint venture with Reliance represents around 10 percent of the offset investments under the Rafale jet deal, Dassault CEO Eric Trappier told AFP, informing that the company is in talks with about 100 Indian firms, including around 30 with which it has already confirmed partnerships from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2pQC3hU Agence France-Presse

Smriti Irani's statement came after, several political parties, including the Congress, AIMIM, SP and Communist Party of India (Marxist) demanded Akbar's resignation. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2IRKvGv FP Staff

Speaking on the charges against Union Minister MJ Akbar made by women journalists, Swati Maliwal said: "It is shameful that Akbar continues to be a minister." from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2pQ70mg Indo-Asian News Service

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday spoke with the chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha and assured them all possible help to deal with the aftermath of Cyclone Titli. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2IRHjuq Press Trust of India

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday condoled the death of environmental activist GD Agarwal, saying he sacrificed his life for the Ganga river and vowing to take his fight forward. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2pMQq6O Press Trust of India

Gehlot asked states to revisit their survey by using the wider definition of manual scavenging as given in the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act, from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2IRHF4e Indo-Asian News Service

The NESO advisor warned that after the NRC updation process began in Assam, some illegal migrants shifted their base to other states of the North East. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2pPD5ek Kangkan Acharyya

Thirty-two labourers from Jharkhand who were allegedly forced to work for a company in Riyadh since 2016 and held hostage there, have returned home. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2IRHB4u Press Trust of India

Earlier in the day, former IIT Kanpur faculty member and environmental activist GD Agarwal, who was on an indefinite fast demanding the government to clean river Ganga, passed away. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2pOYxQl Asian News International

Despite a prohibition on the burning of the farm residue, the farmers in Punjab are set to go against the orders and continue burning stubble in 2018 as well. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2ISqgIT Asian News International

Large tracts on beaches along Goa's coastline were submerged on Tuesday and Wednesday owing to the impact of Cyclone Titli as well as lunar influences. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2pRQ3YF Indo-Asian News Service

Manan Wani was the first from his Tikipora village in Kupwara district, some 130 kilometres from Srinagar city, to pursue a doctorate and also the first militant in recent years. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2pQ71Xt Rayan Naqash

The MI-17 chopper was forced to land in a village near Tuting in the Upper Siang district in Arunachal Pradesh. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2C7rjDk FP Staff

Sushma Swaraj arrived in Tajik capital Dushanbe on Thursday to attend a two-day conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CBGZzL Press Trust of India

Narendra Modi also addressed concerns about technological innovations adversely affecting jobs and said the Centre is undertaking programmes such as Skill India Mission keeping this in mind. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2C9x4QY FP Staff

Suhel Seth is among the public figures now facing #MeToo allegations from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CH8Cr8 FP Staff