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Narendra Modi said it will be his 12th meeting with Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe since he first visited Japan as prime minister in September 2014. During the summit, Modi will engage with Abe on a range of issues including defence and regional security. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CM7TnV Press Trust of India

The man arrested in the mass shooting Saturday at a Pittsburgh synagogue appears to have made virulently anti-Semitic posts on a social media platform popular with far-right extremists, including one made shortly before the attack. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2qetOMX The Associated Press

Siliguri-based independent journalist Anuradha Sharma writes about the decade-long stalking and telephonic abuse that she was subjected to by a senior colleague from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CKYoVO Anuradha Sharma

The latest #MeToo allegation to emerge from the world of academia is that of a former student of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2qgCl1W FP Staff

The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea filed by historian Romila Thapar seeking a review of the 28 September majority verdict by which the apex court had refused immediate release of five rights activists held in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence case. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CK53zA Press Trust of India

Delhi's air quality continues to remain 'very poor' for the fourth consecutive day Saturday, prompting the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the Centre-run System of Air Quality Forecasting and Research to issue separate advisories for people. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2qeuBgI Press Trust of India

Modi will pay a two-day visit to Japan from 28-29 October to hold the annual India-Japan summit with Abe, the focus of which will be to boost cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region, carry out joint infrastructure projects in third countries and enhancing defence ties, including launch of talks for a logistic support pact between the two navies. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CMRUGe Press Trust of India

Today's top stories: Narendra Modi arrives in Japan; 11 dead after synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh; Defending champions India to play Pakistan in the final for the Asian Champions Trophy, and more. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2qg6tKW FP Staff

Chitravina Ravikiran, who was the Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi award recipient for 2017, was among seven ousted musicians, all of whom are facing sexual harassment allegations in this ongoing #MeTooIndia movement. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CIOa8w FP Staff

A Pune court on Saturday remanded rights activists Sudha Bharadwaj, Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira, accused of having Maoist links, in police custody till 6 November. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2qdqxgH Press Trust of India

Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar is suffering from pancreatic cancer and wants to be with his family, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said on Saturday. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CKdACG Press Trust of India

The attack took place on a day when Chief Minister Raman Singh launched the ruling BJP's campaign for the first phase of polls in Chhattisgarh. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2qdJhwP Press Trust of India

Nearly 24 hours have passed but India still maintains official silence over the dramatic developments in Sri Lanka. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CJTRTD Sreemoy Talukdar

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday told a group of former military officials that his party would fulfill all the commitments it had made on the 'one rank, one pension' issue if voted to power. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2qg6tdU Press Trust of India

The #MeToo campaign ran out of steam prematurely, partly because it was so severely limited in social terms and was carried forward by a small number of people. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CJTOHr Bikram Vohra

Disciplinary action, or a penalty for speaking out about an errant professor amid the #MeTooIndia movement? That question seems to be at the heart of two female BA LLB students' expulsion from Hyderabad's Symbiosis Law School. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2qg6qie Suryasarathi Bhattacharya

The ATS team, which reached Badaun to probe into the case, said prima facie it appears that laxity on the part of those present in the factory led to the explosion. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CJTKrb Press Trust of India

Delhi is all set to turn into a gas chamber once again and the methane from landfills like Bhalswa will only add to its woes. Experts suggest NCR needs a long-term solution, and segregating waste could be good place to start with from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2qe9iMz Pallavi Rebbapragada

Days after hailing the Supreme Court verdict on the entry of women of all ages into Sabarimala temple, Swami Sandeepananda Giri's Salagramam ashram at nearby Kundamonkadavu was attacked early Saturday, police said. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2OaU0BM FP Staff

An expert panel, constituted under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), headed by the Member Secretary of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), has recommended stringent measures, including minimisation of private vehicles and shutdown of coal and biomass industries, between 1 and 10 November, citing a dip in air quality. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CJ8q9T FP Staff

Journalist Abhijit Iyer-Mitra, in the midst of controversy over his remarks on Odisha's Konark Sun Temple, was arrested on Tuesday moments after he tendered an unconditional apology before a House Committee of the state Assembly. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2qdkbxZ FP Staff

Hamid Ansari, while speaking at the launch of Saeed Naqvi's new book Being the Other - The Muslim in India, said India was just as responsible as Pakistan for Partition. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CKKZgn FP Staff

While many in the Pakistan govt likely to term failure to act against Hafiz Saeed's JuD, FIF as an oversight, they give enough cause for concern to those who worry for Pakistan's overall nuisance potential especially in the context of nuclear assets from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2qduxxK Syed Ata Hasnain

Seven elephants were electrocuted after coming in contact with a live wire near Kamalanga village in Dhenkanal district Saturday, forest officials said from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CGiJvz Press Trust of India

Delhi's air quality remained very poor for the fourth day Saturday with five areas of the national capital recording severe pollution levels, as authorities warned the situation may deteriorate further next week due to localised emissions during festival and stubble burning. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2qbXA4U Press Trust of India

The infighting among the top echelons of the CBI is just a symptom of the malaise that has crippled governance at a deeper level from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2OaZ2y7 Ajay Singh

Mishra, a 1984-batch IRS officer of the Income Tax cadre, has been appointed as the Principal Special Director in the agency and has been entrusted with the additional charge of ED Director for three months. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2EOuFhs Press Trust of India

Joint Director Rakesh Asthana has alleged that the name of a senior railway official, who is the fulcrum of the conspiracy, was omitted with the approval of CBI Director Alok Verma in the Lalu Yadav-BNR Hotel FIR from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2D6VkEu Yatish Yadav

Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat reacted strongly to the death of a jawan, who was stoned to death in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2EK8QzK FP Staff

Unable to repay a loan of Rs 40 lakh, a man murdered his business partner in Gurugram and later killed his wife after she backtracked on her promise to commit suicide together, police said Friday. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2EOujaw Press Trust of India

The CISF officer, Rajesh Kumar, deployed at Wagoora, Nowgam got wounded on Friday night. He later succumbed to his injuries. The area has been cordoned off. Further details are awaited. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2D6LceZ Asian News International

A case was registered against activist Rahul Easwar Friday for allegedly making provocative statement on the Sabarimala issue, police said. A case was registered against Easwar, who belongs to the Thazhamon family of Sabarimala tantris (priests), on the basis of a complaint filed by a Thiruvananthapuram native, they said. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2ELhIFd Press Trust of India

Through its hasty act in the CBI vs CBI row, the BJP government has made one thing clear: it likes manoeuvres at midnight, metaphorically. In other words, it's addicted to govern by stealth and opacity from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2D8Rx9T Suhit K Sen

Union minister and RLSP president Upendra Kushwaha met RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav Friday, triggering speculation of discontent within NDA grouping in Bihar, hours after BJP chief Amit Shah announced a seat-sharing formula in the state for Lok Sabha elections. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2EJYNdF Press Trust of India

Taking stringent action against the protesters, Kerala Police have arrested more than 1,400 people in connection with the protests all over the state and registered 450 cases over the past few days. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2D7Prak Press Trust of India

Political crisis in Sri Lanka, unease in Bihar politics as NDA ally RLJP reaches out to Opposition camp, and India vs West Indies ODI match to remain in news through today. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2PpmPPo FP Staff

An Indian Army soldier in Jammu and Kashmir has died in a stone-pelting incident from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2EQp2PN Press Trust of India

A day after an eight-year-old madrasa student died during a scuffle between two groups of minor boys in south Delhi, police held a peace meeting in the area to thwart attempts to communalise the situation. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2D6L5jz Press Trust of India

India and Myanmar agreed on providing security cooperation and facilitate movement of people and trade across the International Border. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2EOuiDu Press Trust of India

Stubble-burning in agrarian Punjab and Haryana in October and November leads to environment pollution over north India, particularly in Delhi. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2D6jejp Indo-Asian News Service

The Maharashtra government on Friday constituted a three-member committee to examine if any of the cases registered during the protests after the Bhima Koregaon violence and the Maratha quota agitation are fit for withdrawal. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2EKmNNO Press Trust of India

A team of AHTU had visited Aadhaar card office in Sector -1 Panchkula to get leads about the missing girl. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2D7faiR Press Trust of India

With more regions now suffering a "severe or severe-plus" air-quality, the top four most polluted regions in Delhi included Jahangirpuri in north Delhi, Mundaka in west-Delhi, Dwarka sub-city in south-Delhi, Anand Vihar in east-Delhi. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2EKZdRa Indo-Asian News Service

Special Director Rakesh Asthana, embroiled in an unprecedented feud with CBI chief Alok Verma, moved the Supreme Court on Friday challenging the Centre's decision to divest him of duties. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2D6KVIZ Press Trust of India

Badaun Senior Superintendent of Police Ashok Kumar said that the incident happened around 4.00 pm in a licensed firecracker factory in Rasulpur village under Civil Lines police station. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2ELhHRF Press Trust of India

The Bombay High Court held that it had found no illegality in the decision to approve the construction of the car shed at a plot in Aarey Milk Colony in Mumbai. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2D7PpPK Press Trust of India

State Bank of India chairman Rajnish Kumar said India's newly minted Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code is the reform with maximum bite among many groundbreaking economic reforms that have unfolded under the Modi government. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2EOugLS Nikhila Natarajan

Following the rejection of their bail pleas, Pune Police took Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves into custody. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2D4Omjz Aishwarya Kulkarni

Initially the reports said that the boat, 'MRM1', capsized off the coast of Mumbai after it hit a submerged rock while making its way towards the Shivaji memorial site, but eye witness accounts and further investigation revealed several other lapses behind the tragedy. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2EOuhPW FP Staff

India's resource constraints, political climate at home and chronic inability to keep its end of the bargain on projects hamper its rising economic profile and interfere with the nature of its strategic partnerships with like-minded powers. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2D6Ncns Sreemoy Talukdar

All officers of CBI, particularly the top few officers, like Ceaser's wife must be beyond suspicion, they must be above suspicion, said Jaitley. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2EMyqUx Press Trust of India

Kerala Police has included a photograph of one of its own personnel in its album of 210 people suspected to have been involved in protests at Sabarimala. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2EOTaLA FP Staff

A message is doing rounds on the social media claiming that the admins of WhatsApp groups run by media organisations will have to register themselves by 15 October, else face legal consequences. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2ROHPh2 FP Staff

On a complaint by a woman disciple, a case of rape and unnatural sex was filed against Daati Maharaj, his three brothers and a woman. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2qauJOm Press Trust of India

A controversy had erupted after Irani said at an event in Mumbai on Tuesday that women had a right to pray but "not desecrate" at places of worship. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CGrFAU Press Trust of India

According to the findings of a Firstpost-YouGov survey, a larger percentage of married women (52 percent) are happy about work-life balance than women who are single (40 percent) from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2qehJHC YouGov India and Firstpost

The incident had taken place near the victim's home at Niranjan Pat locality of Jalpaiguri district. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CELWXM Press Trust of India

Amendments were brought in Schedule I of Citizenship Rules, 2009 which requires certain categories of people to declare their religion while applying for Indian citizenship. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2qc5c7m FP Staff

The defence ministry's tweet, posted in response to a comment by Admiral Arun Prakash, was on the subject of misuse of an Army Command's insignia by a civilian. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CF76Fa FP Staff

Supreme Court hearing in CBI Director Alok Verma's petition LIVE updates: Rahul Gandhi was released from the Lodhi Colony Police Station soon after his detention. Coming out of the station, Congress chief said that the prime minister cannot flee from the truth. Prime Minister Narendra Modi panicked and the current CBI unrest is due to that, Rahul told reporters outside the police station. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Sja2MW FP Staff

The police are frequently putting the separatists under house detention and are even registering cases against the leaders "for being a threat to peace." from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2z1hEuO Ishfaq Naseem

On Monday evening, Modi and Abe will hold wide-ranging talks with a focus on bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual concerns which will include exploring ways to deepen cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Sj9XZE Press Trust of India

Thanga Tamilselvan, one of the disqualified MLAs and a staunch supporter of sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran, said the decision was "unanimous" and accepted with "joy" by all the 18 MLAs. The decision was taken after a discussion between the disqualified legislators and Dhinakaran in Madurai. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2z6aKob FP Staff

Congress, on Friday, staged protests outside all CBI offices across the country, lead by Rahul Gandhi, demanding reinstatement of CBI director Alok Verma, who has been sent on leave, and seeking an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "destroying" the image of the premier investigating agency. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2SiZj5f FP Staff

The apex court directed that interim CBI chief M Nageswara Rao shall not take any major policy decisions. Decisions taken by him since 23 October till date shall not be implemented, it said. All decisions taken by Rao shall be placed before the apex court in a sealed cover. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2ReXJAc FP Staff

From the LitMart for aspiring authors to panel discussions on poetry, history, politics, crime and more, to discussions on the burning issues of the day and dedicated children's literature specials, the 7th edition of the Bangalore Literature Festival has so much on offer from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2RcreCK Ruth Dsouza Prabhu

Pune Sessions Court rejected the bail plea of activists Sudha Bharadwaj, Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira who are three of the five activists arrested on 28 August in the Bhima Koregaon violence case from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2RbqfTc FP Staff

Six people were killed while more than a hundred got injured in the blast that took place on 29 September, 2008, in Maharashtra's Malegaon. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2OSXTR1 Asian News International

The latest Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids at the India office of Amnesty International in Bengaluru on Thursday has brought back questions related to the Narendra Modi government's handling of NGOs run by international bodies or funded by them in India. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2RhkHXg FP Staff

Supreme Court of India was hearing a petition filed by the 'ousted' CBI chief challenging the government's decision to send him on 'leave' from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2OTY3Yb Shishir Tripathi

Notably, Justice Patnaik was part of the inhouse committee which was formed by the former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan to probe into the allegations of corruption against Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High Court. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2RgsuED FP Staff

Calicut-based Gulbonda makes and sells wooden dolls. Founders Ritwik Mekkayil and Pallavi M talk about how the cast of the movie, and social media, saved the business from closure and the struggles of a small-city startup from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2AkvkCV Anu Prabhakar

Large scale movements of refugees emanating from armed conflicts increase vulnerability of women to discrimination and exploitation, Paulomi Tripathi said. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2RfDLoQ Press Trust of India

In an interview with Firstpost, N Murali, the Madras Music Academy's president, spoke about the decision to drop seven musicians from the Margazhi line-up in the wake of #MeToo allegations from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2PpGkax Kaaviya Umamaheshwaran

Amnesty India had tweeted that the 10-hour raid conducted at its office ended midnight and the staff had fully cooperated with officials. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2OQEvEg Press Trust of India

The Central Pollution Control Board recorded the overall Air Quality Index of Delhi at 358 on Friday morning. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2ReN2gQ Press Trust of India

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/2OQYWkb YouGov India

Supreme Court hearing in Alok Verma's petition LIVE updates: CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana has moved the Supreme Court challenging the order by the Central government to send him on leave, Bar and Bench reported. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2PseeeG FP Staff

Alok Verma is represented by India's towering jurist and legal luminary Fali S Nariman, and in Rakesh Asthana's corner is former attorney-general and senior Supreme Court lawyer Mukul Rohatgi from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2JhbYS9 Shishir Tripathi

Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Pazalpora village of Dangiwacha Sopore in the north Kashmir district this morning after receiving specific information about the presence of militants in the area. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2PjJr3X Press Trust of India

After coming to power in 2014, the Narendra Modi government had launched clampdown against NGOs, which the opposition had termed as an attempt to stifle the voices of civil society groups. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2JgJ3xF Yatish Yadav

A 24-year-old MTech student of IIT Kharagpur was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his hostel room, the police said. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2PoIbfR FP Staff

Addressing an LDF meeting in Kottayam, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan asserted the state government would implement the Supreme Court order permitting entry of all women into the Sabarimala temple. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2JhScWC Press Trust of India

Supreme Court will hear CBI chief Alok Verma's plea against the government order sending him on leave, Rahul Gandhi will lead Congress protests outside CBI office today to demand Alok Verma's reinstatement, Pune court will hear the bail plea of 3 activists in the Bhima Koregaon case - day's top stories from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2PikXYT FP Staff

Ahead of this year's darbar move from Srinagar to Jammu winter capital city, a top police officer Thursday directed all SHOs to prepare a database of the floating populations and foreign nationals, including Rohingyas, living in the city to foil any terror design. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2JhkH6M Press Release

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said India was staring at a "demographic disaster" as a major section of the country's youth was not yet equipped to take advantage of the job opportunities that the current century has to offer. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2PpHrqL Press Trust of India

An SSB jawan was killed inside a CRPF camp on 21 October by militants who used sniper rifles, possibly armed with night-vision devices, in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2JfQUeG Press Trust of India

Violence erupted during the 200th-anniversary celebrations of the Bhima Koregaon battle in January, 2018, leaving one dead and several others injured. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2PkCBuY Asian News International

The incident occurred in the morning in Delhi's Malviya Nagar when the students objected to a few local boys playing on a vacant land in front of the madrasa, from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2JgssK9 Press Trust of India

The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Friday the petition filed by CBI director Alok Kumar Verma challenging the decision of the Centre to divest him of his duties and sending him on leave. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Pja2hx Press Trust of India

Six militants were on Thursday killed in two gunbattles with security forces in Baramulla and Anantnag districts of Jammu and Kashmir. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Jjm0lM Press Trust of India

The stampede at Santragachi station occurred around 6 pm when the commuters hurriedly tried to cross the foot overbridge between two platforms following an announcement of two trains coming simultaneously on two adjacent tracks. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2PmhGYh Indo-Asian News Service

In August, Gurumurthy was appointed as a part-time, non-official director on the central board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2JjQCDu FP Staff

The raids against Amnesty come even as an alliance of 400 organisations urged the Centre to refrain from using "coercive methods" against NGOs. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2PpSnEW FP Staff

Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) will declare the result of RRB ALP 2018 for the first stage examination by 31 October. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2JjG6wb Govind Kumar

The exercises-'Hand-in-Hand'-focussing on counter-terrorism operations were not held last year as both sides were locked in a 73-day standoff in Doka La in the Sikkim sector of the border. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2PlWIc8 Press Trust of India

Rahul Gandhi repeated the Congress allegation that the Rafale jets were being procured at a much higher price than what was being negotiated while the UPA government was in power. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Pq4G3O Press Trust of India

YouGov-Firstpost survey shows lack of work-life balance is felt the most in Tier 1 cities where a larger percentage of women fear they would not be able to "devote full attention to family due to hectic work life" from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2JgiMzA YouGov India and Firstpost

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said that Alok Verma has been divested of responsibility but not removed as the Director and his tenure has not been curtailed. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2PpRfks FP Staff

The practice of crop residue burning started with mechanised harvesting in 1980s, for both paddy and wheat residues as it leaves taller stubbles of 1-2 ft compared with less than 6 inch in manual harvesting. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2JfM94Q

The railways has maintained that it was not at fault for the Amritsar train tragedy because it had no intimation of the event. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Pk1t60 Press Trust of India

The rift began as a CBI investigation into the Moin Qureshi corruption case and evolved into a controversy involving both bribery allegations against both Alok Verma and Rakesh Asthana. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2OMVNSt FP Staff

On Wednesday, two terrorists were gunned down by security forces in Nowgam area of Anantnag district. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2JfJGaK Asian News International

The President said at present, people in Delhi were having trouble in breathing due to the increasing pollution levels in the city. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2PjwzL4 Press Trust of India

Punjab cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday wrote a letter to Railways minister Piyush Goyal. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2JfigSl Press Trust of India

Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier said the company chose Reliance Defence as its partner for the Rafale deal as it had land near the airport on the outskirts of Nagpur, where they could set up a production facility. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Plztit FP Staff

CBI registered a case against eight officials of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on account of corruption charges. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Jikd04 FP Staff

YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, leader of Opposition in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, received a minor injury to his shoulder when he was attacked by a man. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2PlznaB Press Trust of India

According to a statement by NUJS, the Harry Potter series vividly exposes the limitations of laws and institutions. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2JfcGiT Press Trust of India

The chunk of the gaps and allegations are centred on the celebrated Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana Gramin (PMAY-G), though other policies have seen funds embezzlement too. According to Bhadehdu's residents, they have even been made to pay to avail the benefits of government welfare schemes, which are meant to be free. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2PnVKMq Khabar Lahariya

After a spell of the internal fighting in CBI, the Centre divested the investigative agency's Director Alok Verma and Special Director Rakesh Asthana from their roles and asked them to go on leave. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Je8tMa FP Staff

Mizoram is the only north-eastern state and among the few states in the country currently under the Congress rule. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2PiP1DI Press Trust of India

Smriti Irani seemingly responded to the trolling by posting a picture from her 'Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi' days. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2OLt5Bq Asian News International

Within hours of the gunfight in which Sabraz Ahmad Sofi was killed, photographs of him looking "dashing" flooded social media first and mainstream media soon after, as it happened in the case of Burhan Wani in 2016 and more recently after PhD scholar Manan Wani's killing. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2JggujM Abha Khanna

"Acting on a tip-off about presence of militants in Suthu Kothair locality of Nowgam, security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the early hours," the police official said. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2PnVDAu Press Trust of India

Mallikarjun Kharge pointed out that CBI Director Alok Verma was chosen by a committee, and the government had no right to "remove him this way". from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Ji9v9S FP Staff

The Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) has released the results of Rajasthan Administrative Services (RAS) and Rajasthan Taxation Service (RTS) preliminary combined competitive examinations on its official website, rpsc.rajasthan.gov. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Pkeoop FP Staff

The seven artists dropped by the Madras Music Academy include N Ravikiran, OS Thyagarajan, Mannargudi A Easwaran, Srimushnam V Raja Rao, Nagai Sriram, R Ramesh and Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Ji9tPi FP Staff