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Anita Nair talks about writing different genres, finding voices of her characters, the expectations of her readers and what's next on her table. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2ylE3mU

On Police Commemoration Day 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the National Police Memorial (NPM) in New Delhi to the nation in recognition of the sacrifices made by police personnel since India's independence from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2S5GDWI FP Staff

Fikr-e-Farda Society, a group of tribal students from Jammu and Kashmir disassociated itself from a Kathua sexual assault activist who has been accused of rape, saying that it stands by the account of the rape survivor and condemn the shameful act of the activist from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2yMU0Sw Fikr-e-Farda Society

A Dalit woman activist, who was planning to visit the Sabarimala shrine Saturday has put her plans on hold and left Pamba following heavy rain, as high drama was witnessed when another woman was stopped from entering the temple by devotees who thought she was under 50. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2S6jNhF Press Trust of India

An encounter is presently underway between terrorists and the security forces in Larro area of Kulgam district of South Kashmir. One or two terrorists are believed to be holed up in a house. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2ySbHQU Asian News International

The Punjab government on Saturday ordered a magisterial probe into the accident near Amritsar where 59 Dussehra revellers were mowed down by a train, while railways has ruled out any inquiry on its part. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2S3EGtD Press Trust of India

Today's top stories: Narendra Modi to mark the 75th anniversary of the 'Azad Hind government'; Manisha Koirala, Perumal Murugan and Vikram Chandra to speak at 2019 Jaipur Literature Festival; search for organisers of Dussehra event in Amritsar underway; and more. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2yRvhwz FP Staff

India has exhibited measures to disrupt and deter the activities of terror groups and their patrons and would not hesitate to do so again if required, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2RYVrGx Press Trust of India

At least 59 people were killed Friday evening after a crowd of Dussehra revellers that had spilled onto railway tracks while watching the burning of the Ravana effigy was run over by a train near Joda Phatak in Amritsar. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2yTIDIu Press Trust of India

At least seven persons were killed and 21 injured when a speeding bus turned turtle and fell into a pond in Assam's Nalbari district, police said. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2RYVpyp Press Trust of India

As BJP performed well in the Jammu and Kashmir local body elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said his party will work hard to fulfil the aspirations of the people. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2ySbBsw Press Trust of India

The accident in Amritsar Friday night in which at least 59 people were mowed down by a train during Dussehra celebrations was the worst due to trespassing on the tracks, railway officials said. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2S5TpEA Press Trust of India

Three women and a man were found dead at their house in Surajkund on Saturday. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2ySbzRq Asian News International

In a video that surfaced on social media, councillor Munish Kumar from Meerut's ward no. 40 repeatedly thrashed the sub-inspector, who fell down flat on the ground from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2S3t75L Asian News International

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), in a statement, said the two leaders also exchanged views on regional and global issues during their meeting on the third and final day of the Sri Lankan leader's visit. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2yQlqXP Press Trust of India

The 67-year-old actor said caution should be exercised when it came to matters of religion and related rituals. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2S7SbbE Press Trust of India

The accident has claimed 59 lives so far out of which 39 bodies have been identified by the authorities. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2ySbvBa Press Trust of India

The Wire on Saturday answered questions about the allegations against Dua and said that it does not agree with Dua's dismissal of the #MeToo movement. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NS1s4z FP Staff

National Investigation Agency (NIA) Saturday arrested the key accused, Mohammad Ashraf Khandey in the Nagrota Army Camp attack case. Khandey was arrested from the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi while he was trying to flee to Saudi Arabia via Sri Lanka. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2yNtNDw FP Staff

The Ram Lila was staged this week-like it has been for at least 14 years-not on an open ground but within the four-walled compound of a rustic dhobhi ghat. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2S7SaEC Pragya Singh

The Amritsar police on Saturday said though they had given a "no objection" certificate for the Dussehra celebration near Joda Phatak here, the organisers did not take permission from the municipal corporation and the pollution department. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2S8ngfJ Press Trust of India

Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha Saturday ruled out any punitive action against the driver of the train that mowed down Dussehra revellers in Amritsar, saying there was no negligence on the part of the national transporter. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2q3HCcX Press Trust of India

Mojo TV journalist Kavitha J, who made it to the Nadapandal in Sabarimala on Friday, speaks to FirstPost about the drama and ordeal she and her crew went through. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2R8LS6L Sannidha Hari

The man who played the character of demon king Ravana at the Ram Leela at Joda Phatak was among those killed in the train accident. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2pYcVpI Press Trust of India

The question that arises is why President Maithripala Sirisena chose to talk spy stories at a cabinet meeting, building on a series of events which seem to point to thwarted ambitions and unhinged minds rather than any grand design. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2R4TWFA Tara Kartha

Families of five workers arrested over alleged Maoist links by Maharashtra ATS, have been struggling in anonymity even though the arrest of 10 well-known activists with the same charges and linked to the Bhima Koregaon violence made it to the headlines from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2q4unsF Parth MN

Twitter India is now a veritable warzone. Thank #MeToo for it, of course. We are not just talking about women who are taking to the keyboard. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2R33Yqx Srinivasa Prasad

The fear is that bureaucratic indifference, political sycophancy and arrogance, poor planning at the venue, a lack of basic safety norms will all be ignored from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2q4ulkx Bikram Vohra

With Maninder Singh stepping down, the strength of the government lawyers at the ASG level was reduced to four - Pinki Anand, Atmaran Nadkarni, Aman Lekhi and Vikranjit Banerjee. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2JbNZUw Payal Shah

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Saturday ordered a magisterial probe into the Amritsar train accident after visiting injured and kin of those killed in the tragedy even as he urged the Opposition not to politicise the issue. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2OACWdv Press Trust of India

"Innocent until proven guilty." In the wake of the #MeToo movement, men are overwhelmingly concerned with this phrase, and others like it. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2JbNWIk Priya-Alika Elias

She was told that she could keep her job only if she took off her hijab by her line manager who said that wearing hijab would spoil the company's image as an "all-embracing" workplace. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2OEnhtK Press Trust of India

The situation turned tense in the Sabarimala area, where section 144 was clamped, as devotees gathered in large numbers at 'Valiya Nadapandhal' to protest against the woman's entry into the temple. However, the tension was defused after the woman, who had come with her family members, convinced the protesters that she was above 50 years, and proceeded to the shrine. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2J6WEr3 Press Trust of India

Rahul Easwar, who was spearheading the protest against women's entry to Sabarimala on Wednesday, was detained along with 18 others by Kerala Police. Easwar is the grandson of the former high priest of the Sabarimala Shrine. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2OxrFup FP Staff

Amritsar train accident LIVE updates: Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has announced Rs 5 lakh ex gratia to the kin of those who were killed in the accident. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2PKuLb5 FP Staff

Bangladeshi photographer Manir Mrittik's series 'In the Realm of Ambivalence' offers both surrealism and alternate perspectives on things like love and most crucially, the arts themselves. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Cio6AN

It's been a tough few days for women in India. Just following the #MeToo news cycle - whether as a reader or as a journalist - is enough to trigger panic and anxiety. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2PEoltH Swetha Ramakrishnan

Day after a train accident killed 59 at a railway crossing in Amritsar, the Amritsar Municipal Corporation Saturday said no permission was granted to hold Dussehra celebrations at 'Dhobi ghat' ground near the site of the mishap from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CVtwCY Press Trust of India

TDB member KP Shankara Das said that it is unfair to say that the Sabarimala temple will be locked. He also said that the protest staged on Friday by temple staff and the Tantri was wrong, and an explanation will be demanded. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2PIgrQ5 Indo-Asian News Service

Unaccounted cash to the tune of Rs 10 crore was seized and two persons arrested in this connection in Telangana's Adilabad district, police said Saturday. The incident occurred Friday evening at Pipparawada toll plaza bordering Maharashtra from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CVuW0u Press Trust of India

What happened in Punjab, is an outcome of Indian Railways' lackadaisical attitude towards its right of way. Had it fenced the railway lines like it did along the route of the high-speed Gatiman Express, the tracks where the mishap took place on Friday would have been completely fenced by now. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2PRpYnW

UN chief Antonio Guterres has expressed his deepest condolences to the families and friends of over 60 people who died in a train accident in Amritsar, terming the incident as "tragic". Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also condoled the accident in which 39 of the total 61 people killed have been identified so far. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CVtuek Press Trust of India

The charges against RK Pachauri were framed under Sections 354 (outraging the modesty of a woman), 354A (sexual harassment) and 509 (words used to outrage the modesty of a woman). from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2PEom0J FP Staff

The MeToo campaign has brought the issue of women's safety in the workplace to the fore after the outpouring of complaints against sexual harassment. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CVKLE6 YouGov India and Firstpost

Punjab Police has launched an investigation into the Dussehra tragedy in Amritsar on Friday evening in which a local train crushed at least 59 people while watching the burning of a Ravana effigy from a railway track from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Cu6WQJ Indo-Asian News Service

His image as a courageous Muslim man hunted by an anti-Muslim state has not been tarnished even after triple charges of domestic violence and attempt to kill his wife for dowry and allegedly raping a female relative. Male activists like him are inevitably elevated to pedestals, where their crimes against lesser mortals become invisible. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Akw4Z0 Anonymous

A speeding train on its way from Pathankot to Amritsar smashed into a massive crowd on the railway tracks watching a burning Ravana effigy during Dussehra fireworks in Punjab's Amritsar on Friday at around 7 pm local time, killing at least 61 people and injuring 70 at last count. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CqQQaN FP Staff

As scores of Dussehra revellers watching the burning of Ravana effigy were mowed down by a passing train near Amritsar, the disturbing video footage of the accident showed many across the railway tracks filming the celebrations on their mobile phones when the tragedy struck. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2AjP0qs Press Trust of India

A speeding train on its way from Pathankot to Amritsar smashed into a massive crowd on the railway tracks watching a burning Ravana effigy during Dussehra fireworks in Punjab's Amritsar on Friday at around 7 pm local time, killing at least 61 people and injuring 70 at last count. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Cu6TEx FP Staff

Today's top stories: 61 killed in Amritsar train accident, Rahul Gandhi to visit Telangana today, India to play Pakistan in 2018 Asian Champions Trophy, and more. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Ajtwdk FP Staff

Amritsar train accident LIVE updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved a financial relief of Rs 2 lakh for the family of each deceased in the Amritsar train accident and Rs 50,000 for the injured. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NRXd9f FP Staff

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday approved a financial relief of Rs 2 lakh for the family of each deceased in the Amritsar train accident. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2AjWWZ9 Press Trust of India

All services on Jalandhar-Amritsar route remained suspended three hours after Dussehra revellers standing across railway tracks were mowed down by a train near Amritsar. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CqQLnv Press Trust of India

On Thursday, Ninong Ering wrote to Minister of Sate for Water Resources Arjun Meghwal apprising him of the landslide in the upstream of the Brahmaputra. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2AjOZTq Indo-Asian News Service

Catch the Live score and updates from the Pro Kabaddi League match Puneri Paltan vs Jaipur Pink Panthers. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Cu6Mc5 FP Sports

The PM10 level (presence of particles in the air with a diameter of less than 10 micrometres) in Delhi stood at 270 and the PM 2.5 level was recorded at 125. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2AjtvGi Press Trust of India

At least 15 people were killed in Amritsar in Punjab on Friday evening after a crowd of Dussehra revellers was run over by a train. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Cu6IJn Press Trust of India

Prominent political leaders from across the country expressed their condolences after at least 50 people were killed in a major train accident in Amritsar. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2AkvXg2 FP Staff

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In a tweet posted on 19 October, Publicis India said that its investigation in relation to this employee has concluded, and that his conduct has been found to be 'violative of Publicis India's policy' from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2AkvV7U FP Staff

Sitaram Yechury demanded to know why Centre was not applying yardstick of equal treatment of women it used on the triple talaq issue to the Sabarimala row. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Cu6Et7 Press Trust of India

SpiceJet denied the allegations made by the passenger, including that there was bleeding on her head after the incident. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2AkvSZM Press Trust of India

A day after an anonymous accusation surfaced against Riyas Komu, the artist has stepped down from all his managerial positions connected to the Kochi Biennale Foundation until such time as the allegations are resolved. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2RZcIiK FP Staff

The first positive case of Zika virus in Jaipur was reported on 21 September which alerted the authorities both at the state and the centre. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2AkvR8a Press Trust of India

BJP general secretary K Surendran alleged that the police was trying to implement the ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist) agenda to make Sabarimala a war zone. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Aj4w60 TK Devasia

Stop engaging with predators, Mahesh Bhupathi writes in powerful message of support for #MeTooIndia from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CUMbyV Mahesh Bhupathi

Sabarimala temple LIVE updates: Opposition Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala has rejected TDB decision to file the affidavit in the Supreme Court. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Cux4eA FP Staff

A division bench of justices RV More and Bharti Dangre said it will hear petitions filed by Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde urging the court to quash the case on 26 October. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CSjG4R Press Trust of India

Sabarimala has seen violent protests in the past few days as activists of Hindu fringe groups fought pitched battles with police, leaving many injured and bleeding. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CuwYne FP Staff

Addressing the BSF personnel, Rajnath Singh praised the multi-dimensional role of the BSF in guarding the Indo-Pak and Indo-Bangladesh borders, maintaining law and order in internal disturbances and tackling the Left Wing Extremism. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CTZOOP Press Trust of India

Many of these #MeToo stories also seem to have occurred within the confines of the workplace. The onus then, is on Indian organisations to make their workspaces better and safer for all employees. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CuwSvS FP Staff

Tara Kaushal, Ashwin Mushran, Harish Sadani and Sudhish Kamat spoke to Meghna Pant about male impunity and 'subjective' truth in a session at #MeToo Conversations from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CUM9Hj FP Staff

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's efforts to rename the state 'Bangla' have again faced an obstacle from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CsEte5 FP Staff

The Opposition Congress and BJP hit out at the Left government in Kerala for allegedly extending support to bring women activists to Sabarimala temple. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CUgOEI Press Trust of India

Sabarimala temple LIVE updates:Huge protests by hundreds of devotees at the entrance of Sabarimala temple forced the Kerala Police accompanying two women on Friday to call off their journey. Meanwhile, a third woman was turned back from Pamba camp after cops claimed that they were helpless after priests threatened to shut down the shrine. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NRX6u2 FP Staff

The Union home ministry also asked the three states to closely monitor the dissemination of various "adverse" messages through social media and the internet services. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2pY80F0 Press Trust of India

Two women stopped short of creating history by entering the Sabarimala shrine while they were just 200 metres away from the sanctum sanctorum, while a third was turned away from the Pamba base camp after the shrine's priests descended in an unprecedented protest and threatened to shutdown the temple gates. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NQ2ldP FP Staff

The mortal remains of Congress veteran Narayan Dutt Tiwari will be brought to Lucknow on Saturday for people to pay their last respects to the departed leader. Tiwari, 93, died at a private hospital in Delhi on Thursday after prolonged illness. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2pXNqop Press Trust of India

The #HappyToBleed became quite a rage in 2015 in response to a rather tame statement of the then president of the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) Prayar Gopalakrishnan. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2AidPmG

The Class 9 girl was battling for life after jumping from the roof of a three-storey building in Bihar's Chitranjan where she was raped after being intoxicated, from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NQ2jmd Indo-Asian News Service

On Thursday, the court had accepted the surrender plea submitted by Pandey. In a video statement, which was tweeted out by journalists, Pandey claimed that he was branded as a wanted criminal by the media and is a victim of a media trial. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2q1K1ov FP Staff

Two terrorists were neutralised in exchange of fire with police party in Kralhaar area in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NQ2HRH FP Staff

As of 19 October, at least five #MeToo stories have emerged on Twitter involving Teach For India, known as India's leading non-profit organisation in education from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2q1Uv7k Neerja Deodhar

In his letter to Minister of External Affairs, Sushma Swarah, Ninon Ering raises concern about landslides blocking the Milin section of the mainstream of Brahmaputra which is drying up rivers in Arunachal Pradesh. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NQhwUb Asian News International

Ending hours-long drama and tense moments at Sabarimala, two women reached the hilltop on Friday but had to return before reaching the sanctum sanctorum following massive protests by Lord Ayyappa devotees. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2q0Dfzj Press Trust of India

Narendra Modi in Shirdi updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was welcomed by Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and other state BJP members after landing at Shirdi airport. He is scheduled to participate in the Sai Baba Samadhi centenary celebrations. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2q13XIn FP Staff

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday visited Maharashtra's temple town of Shirdi to attend the closing ceremonies of a year-long festival marking the centenary of samadhi of the Shirdi Sai Baba. Modi also handed over keys of houses to beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Gramin (PMAY-G) and interacted with them via video conference. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NOJoIh FP Staff

The Delhi High Court has upheld the termination of services of 16 Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel who were suffering from colour blindness or defective vision. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2q8eJwx Press Trust of India

Sabarimala temple LIVE updates:Huge protests by hundreds of devotees at the entrance of Sabarimala temple forced the Kerala Police accompanying two women on Friday to call off their journey. Meanwhile, a third woman was turned back from Pamba camp after cops claimed that they were helpless after priests threatened to shut down the shrine. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NOQUmP FP Staff

In areas where the government still provides relative security, Afghans face a different array of challenges. Widespread corruption forces people to pay bribes for shabby public services, and increasingly influential ultraconservative clerics blame the country's many ills on years of Western influence, threatening to roll back the limited gains made by women and civil society since the 2001 US-led invasion. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2q13VjJ The Associated Press

While addressing BSF jawans in Bikaner, Rajnath Singh said a comprehensive integrated border management system was being implemented by the government to strengthen border security and a pilot project under the system was launched in Jammu. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NNxEWE Press Trust of India

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Among the most insidious demands of patriarchy are that of the perfect messenger, perfect timing, and perfect testimony when denouncing sexual assault, abuse, or misogyny from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NNxCOw Madhuri Sastry

If Annapurna Devi's was the story of a musician who turned away from the world of performance, the other event of the week in the sphere of classical music, was the surfacing of a wave of #MeToo stories from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2q13QMX Lakshmi Sreeram

The issue of women's safety in the workplace has come to the fore following the outpouring of complaints against sexual harassment as part of the MeToo campaign from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NR0aH7 YouGov India and Firstpost

SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday accused the Punjab government of having "failed" to incentivise farmers to check stubble burning in the state, prompting Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to term his charges as "nonsensical and misleading". from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2q0B27f Press Trust of India

News channel NDTV has been sued by Anil Ambani's Reliance group for Rs 10,000 crore over the channel's coverage of the Rafale deal, NDTV said in a statement on Thursday. The channel called the move 'an unsophisticated warning to the media to stop doing its job'. The matter has been listed for hearing on 26 October in a court in Ahmedabad. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NNN5hx FP Staff

Former Test opener Chris Rogers will coach the team that will be lead by George Bailey, which also features budding future stars Jack Edwards, Max Bryant, Jason Sangha and Josh Philippe. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2pZSSHj Agence France-Presse

The issue of women's safety in the workplace has come to the fore following the outpouring of complaints against sexual harassment as part of the MeToo campaign from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2PD0dbb YouGov India and Firstpost

from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NOdlbK Raghav Pandey and Neelabh Bist

Travancore Devaswom Board will meet on Friday in Thiruvananthapuram to find an amicable solution to the Sabarimala row, Narendra Modi to hand over keys of houses to PMAY beneficiaries in Maharashtra's Shirdi, Zika cases rise to 106 in Rajasthan - day's top stories from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2q1pi4b FP Staff

Sabarimala temple LIVE updates: The two women who were enroute the shrine were asked to return by the Kerala IGP. The police advised them against entering the shrine, as the devotees refused to relent. The shrine's head priest had also threatened to shut down the temple if the women tried to force their way in. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NOdj3C FP Staff

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday will hand over keys of houses to some beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) and interact with them in Maharashtra's popular temple town of Shirdi, an official said. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2pZGxTv Press Trust of India

Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Thursday released its first list of six candidates for the first phase of Chhattisgarh Assembly polls scheduled to be held on 12 November. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NP9ivE Press Trust of India

Though Imran Khan did not name any countries, Pakistan media reported that the government was consulting allies like China and Saudi Arabia for financial help. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2q1oVqc Press Trust of India

The Odisha government asked the Centre on Thursday to release an interim assistance of Rs 1,000 crore for relief-and-restoration work in 17 districts as last week's Cyclone Titli and the subsequent flood caused a loss of about Rs 2,765 crore and affected 60.11 lakh people. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NP9hrA Press Trust of India

Two women, including a reporter from Hyderabad, began trekking to the Sabarimala hill on Friday amid strong protests by devotees opposing the entry of girls and women of menstrual age into the Lord Ayyappa temple. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2q2rWqx Press Trust of India

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a show cause notice to private television news channel NDTV for alleged violations of the forex law amounting to over Rs 4,000 crore, the central probe agency said Thursday. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NNi4KE Press Trust of India

Pune police on Friday detained gender equality activist Trupti Desai, who was on her way to Maharashtra's Shirdi to meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to demand his intervention into the Sabarimala row. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2q1oWdK FP Staff

Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar announced on Thursday that the affiliation by-laws of the CBSE have been completely revamped to ensure speed, transparency, hassle-free procedures and ease of doing business with the board. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NOdhZy Press Trust of India

The Uttarakhand government on Thursday declared a three-day state mourning following the death of Congress veteran Narayan Dutt Tiwari. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2q83KmN Press Trust of India

Meenakshi Walan delivered a baby girl at Galaxy Care Hospital in Pune, where she had undergone the transplant earlier, through a cesarean delivery. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NPqHnS Press Trust of India

Addressing the party's annual Dussehra rally in central Mumbai, a few months before the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Uddhav said a "2014-like wave" is not prevailing in the country. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2pXsHkB Press Trust of India

The Wire on Wednesday issued a fresh statement on the allegations of sexual harassment against senior journalist and its consulting editor Vinod Dua. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NPlM6D FP Staff

The request for extradition of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi is being "examined" by Antigua and Barbuda, the Ministry of External Affairs said. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2q2bWEY Press Trust of India

Activists belonging to the Sakal Maratha Kranti Mahamorcha have decided to launch a hunger strike in Mumbai from 2 November against the Maharashtra government. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NP3QsD FP Staff

An alliance of 400 organisations working to promote sustainable agriculture on Thursday said it stood in solidarity with Greenpeace India. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2pZGvel Press Trust of India

The government Thursday said there is no threat of discontinuation of mobile numbers issued using Aadhaar, following the Supreme Court ruling that barred use of the national biometric ID by private companies. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NOvZQt Press Trust of India