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Led by Derek O'Brien, the TMC parliamentary party leader in Rajya Sabha, the team comprises the party's Lok Sabha MP Mamata Bala Thakur, Rajya Sabha MP Nadimul Haq and MLA Mahua Moitra. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2yRcYbv Press Trust of India

The greatest crime attention bandits - social media platforms, celebrities, and websites - are committing is that they are taking our focus away from the things that really matter, such as family and friends from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2OnpB3h Partha P Chakrabartty

The worrying thing is that ABVP was allowed to dictate terms surrounding Ramchandra Guha's appointment with no resistance from the government. We can make all the noise we want to about being a tolerant society but the reality is in front of us. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2yPr6C2 Aakar Patel

Animal rights body PETA India said the killing of tigress Avni as part of an operation in Maharashtra should be investigated and treated as a wildlife crime and termed it a "dark day" for the nation. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Olfzzn Press Trust of India

In a way, Udayan Mukherjee's Dark Circles feels like a book of memory, where its travels into the past fittingly reveal something much greater about human emotion, or what it conceals, in the shade of unasked questions. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2zikXxM

Citing other instances of the court's decisions being scuttled by the legislative process, former Supreme Court judge Jasti Chelameswar said the Parliament can pass a law for Ram temple while the matter is in the Supreme Court from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Onpzsb Press Trust of India

Sathya Ramaganapathy is the author of 'It's a Mom Thing: Kickass Parenting' and writes with great humour about her triumphs and tribulations as a mother of two daughters. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2yRbyy1

A witness in the Sohrabuddin Shaikh alleged fake encounter case told a trial court in Mumbai on Saturday that Shaikh had killed former Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2OqOaMN Press Trust of India

Today's top stories: Florida police identify the Florida yoga studio shooter as Scott Paul Beierle; Asia Bibi's husband calls for her protection in jail; Shashi Tharoor says Narendra Modi a "hero on a white stallion with an upraised sword in his hand"; and more from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2yLIk3t FP Staff

A 16-year-old schoolboy was lynched in in Hazaribagh district allegedly by family members a girl of her class. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2OkQyo8 Press Trust of India

Security forces started a cordon and search operation in a village of Shopian following information about a group of militants hiding in the village. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2yPwxBf Indo-Asian News Service

The teachers were trying to find out which of the girls was wearing a sanitary napkin, after one was found in the school toilet, officials said. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2OpivLl Press Trust of India

Protesters squatted on railway tracks, pelted stones at vehicles and burnt tyres on roads in some districts of Assam during a 12-hour state-wide bandh. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2yTqF9U Press Trust of India

Conservation cannot be romanticised for the sake of one animal, but shooting dead a new mother whose cubs are yet to be weaned off cannot be the answer from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2OqAuRE Nikita Doval

The social contract between the Indian state and its most marginalised is unequal. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2yShyGG Suchitra Vijayan

A sessions court Saturday rejected the bail plea of Indrani Mukerjea, prime accused in the murder of her daughter Sheena Bora. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2OtKFoQ Press Trust of India

To showcase the ill effects of air pollution, an installation depicting human lungs was unveiled at a hospital in Delhi on Saturday. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2yPtvga Press Trust of India

Tej, the elder son of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, said he was not willing to withdraw his petition, which is expected to come up for hearing on 29 November. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2yYW23d Press Trust of India

In his petition, Kharge, who is the leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha, said only the three-member committee of leader of Opposition, prime minister and the Chief Justice of India can take a decision on the appointment or removal of the CBI director from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2DkJgQ2 Press Trust of India

The latest in this grotesque love affair is the world's tallest 182-metre statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2JA7yGd Bikram Vohra

While the inauguration of the world's tallest statue in Sadhu Bet might boost tourism in Gujarat, many tribals are uncertain about their future for various reasons. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2DnMnqy Rajnish Mishra

With Delhi's air quality remaining in the 'very poor' category, hospitals are facing a tough time dealing with rising cases of respiratory diseases. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2JA7qGJ Kangkan Acharyya

The Sabarimala Action Committee, a group of various Hindu outfits spearheading the agitation, claimed hundreds of women have come forward to defend their faith and customs and will do so on 5 November. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2DkJ4QO TK Devasia

Sri Lanka Army chief Ravi Wijegunaratne is accused of protecting the main suspect in the disappearance of the 11 individuals between 2008 and 2009 by facilitating his escape from the country. The missing men are believed to have been murdered. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2JA7hDb Press Trust of India

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah said on Saturday that reports claiming a Kashmiri student of a private university joined militant ranks in the Valley were "hugely worrying". from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Omb9Zl Press Trust of India

Goswami will be replacing Pratap Bhanu Mehta, who resigned from his position to protest the manner in which the institution's reputation and integrity were being compromised by attempts to foist a politically-connected bureaucrat, Shakti Sinha, as director, from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2yNifB0 FP Staff

A Delhi University student and his accomplice were arrested for killing a youth following an argument over opposition to their vulgar dance moves while celebrating Valmiki Jayanti in central Delhi, police said on Friday from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Oput85 Indo-Asian News Service

MJ Akbar was often deadly pedantic and dreary and though we did suspect he had a political agenda and was far too bookish for us he wouldn't have made the second round of a popularity contest. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2yOlmZi Bikram Vohra

Delhi's air pollution level remained in the "very poor category" on Saturday, with the Air Quality Index remaining between 300 and 400, PM 2.5 levels being at 177, and PM 10 levels being at 334 as of 9 am. State bodies are taking extreme steps to control the pollution levels in the national capital. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2yM45QE FP Staff

Recently Vinod Rawat lived his dream of riding the Raid de Himalaya - the world's highest motorsport rally that was flagged off from Leh. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2SBsdNZ Shail Desai

'A relationship that is based on coercion, and abuse of power, is not consensual. I stand by every word in my published account,' said Pallavi Gogoi, who accused MJ AKbar of raping her, in a statement released Friday night on Twitter from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2yQD6DA FP Staff

Tigress Avni (T1) believed to be responsible for the deaths of 13 people over the last two years, was killed in Maharashtra's Yavatmal on Friday, after a three-month long change that involved 150 forest department officials, drones, elephants, sniffer dogs and expert shooters from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Qh5LIL FP Staff

Three women who narrated accounts of sexual misconduct and lack of reparation at three All India Radio stations - even after going through the process of filing complaints with the IC, and in some cases, despite registering police complaints. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2qqoS7G Rituparna Chatterjee

A collection of photographs captured by one of India's first photojournalists, TS Satyan, has been brought online by the Bengaluru-based Museum of Art and Photography (MAP), giving Satyan's work a new lease of life. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2EThiN4

Designed by Faridabad-based Manav Rachna Innovation and Incubation Centre (MRIIC), the project proposes to ply 30 more such buses in Delhi. The buses flagged off on Thursday are meant to carry school children. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2qrkGob Indo-Asian News Service

Due process is important for the certainty it involves, but it is critical to ask what else and who else it involves before suggesting that an abused person set legal mechanisms into motion from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Qm13ti Nandita Saikia

Curfew continued for the third day in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district on Saturday which was imposed after of BJP state Secretary Anil Parihar and his brother were shot on Thursday night. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2qrkFR9 Indo-Asian News Service

Today's top stories: BJP seeks cancellation of Ramnagara polls after BJP candidate withdraws; Shah Rukh Khan lauds Salman Khan for being a part of Zero; Narendra Modi announces Diwali gift for small businesses; and more. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QeiYlm FP Staff

Long time US foreign policy watcher and president of the International Republican Institute Daniel Twining remains "very bullish" on the US India relationship (despite the current misalignment on trade) even if the Senate and the House pull away in two different directions after the US midterm elections on 6 November. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2qrkFk7 Nikhila Natarajan

The Ola and Uber drivers, who were on a strike since 22 October, have been demanding increased earnings and a better work schedule. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QeSmkj FP Staff

Ahtesham Bilal Sofi (17), a resident of downtown Srinagar, was a first year graduation student at Greater Noida's Sharda University. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2qrkEg3 Press Trust of India

The overall Air Quality Index of Delhi was recorded at 370, which falls in the "very poor" category, according to data by the CPCB. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2AI0STA Press Trust of India

Those living in the Maoist-hotbed of Basta remember that prior to Sahu, two local scribes were brutally murdered by Maoists in 2013 from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2EZW5kz Debobrat Ghose

Delhi Police claimed this is the third case registered in the Tilak Nagar police station within the last 3 days in connection with illegal firecrackers. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2ALrWS1 Press Trust of India

The Editors Guild of India said it is discussing its future course of action on MJ Akbar's membership. He is a past president and continues to be a member. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2EXiu1J Press Trust of India

Tej Pratap, a sitting RJD MLA and a former Bihar minister, had tied the knot with Aishwarya Rai on 12 May. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2qrMDMw Press Trust of India

By endorsing the bandh indirectly, the Assam government has flouted its own law banning such shutdowns. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QfNHi4 FP Staff

The Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety will probe the Amritsar tragedy in which 60 Dussehra revellers were mowed down by a passing train. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2qrWke6 Press Trust of India

Unidentified gunmen killed five people in Bishnoimukh village near Dhola-Sadiya bridge in Assam's Tinsukia district. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QfNGL2 Asian News International

Daati Maharaj's lawyers made the submission before the court while seeking review of the high court's 3 October order transferring the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from the Delhi Police's Crime Branch. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2qsrqlS Press Trust of India

After the Supreme Court got four new judges, Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Friday said he was "in awe" of how fast the appointments were made. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QfNDyQ FP Staff

The apex court said all grounds mentioned in its appeal against the Delhi High Court's 2005 judgement, which discharged all accused in the Bofors pay-off case, can be raised in the plea of advocate-turned politician Ajay Agrawal. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2qsaUSY Press Trust of India

Traders from Delhi's Narela and Bawana sought subsidised PNG connection in a speedy manner to avert seasonal shutdown, reduce industrial pollution. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Qm12Wg Pallavi Rebbapragada

Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan shall hold charge of the post of Director Tourism Kashmir till further orders from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2qyuTiZ Press Trust of India

A wreath with the name of Nair Service Society (NSS) president G Sukumaran Nair on it was left behind by the miscreants from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2F190mb Press Trust of India

In Mau, Uttar Pradesh, a local community of social activists who call themselves the Aabhaas Mahasangh Mandal are leading a campaign against the use of EVMs from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2AGZsZA Khabar Lahariya

Former Union minister and editor MJ Akbar and his wife Mallika Akbar on Friday said that the allegations of rape and sexual harassment against him made by journalist Pallavi Gogoi are false. Akbar has been accused of sexual harassment by at least 15 women since a wave of Me Too took Indian newsrooms by storm around a month ago. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2OlT6SK FP Staff

TheCentral government has askedstates andUnion territories to"monitor"and take "urgent action" against NGOs thatare "involvedin anti-national activities" from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2yL1hDk FP Staff

The Assam Police on Friday launched a massive combing operation to nab those involved the killing of five people in Tinsukia district on Thursday even as the ULFA (Independent) denied its involvement in the attack. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2OlT2Cu Press Trust of India

Ashish Pandey had allegedly brandished a pistol at guests of a five-star hotel in Delhi threatening them in the foyer from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2yNyDlb Press Trust of India

#MeToo has become a force to reckon with in the world of Carnatic music from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2OiUXYE Lakshmi Sreeram

The incidents took place on Thursday evening, a party leader said. The party, however, chose to play down the incidents calling them "minor protests", and claimed that there was no discontent among the workers. Several supporters of Congress leader Ejaz Dhebar, who was eyeing a ticket from Raipur City South constituency, entered the party's state office in the capital late Thursday evening and raised slogans against the leadership. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2yMJagd Press Trust of India

With only 45 seconds before the possible collision, it was averted after the ATC tower in Kolkata instructed one IndiGo plane to turn right and move away from the other aircraft that had come at the same level. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2OmscKL Press Trust of India

The strike is viewed by a section of officials as an attempt by ULFA to shore up its flagging support base as it coincides with a wave of protests sweeping many districts in Assam's Brahmaputra Valley against the proposed Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2yLLPXH Rajeev Bhattacharyya

A day after five Bengali-speaking people were shot dead Tinsukia district's Dhola in Assam, United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent), in a statement, said that they were not behind the Thursday shooting. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2OiUXrC FP Staff

The Teenage Girls (TAG) Survey highlights that investment in India's girls, their health and well-being, their education and skilling, their productivity, economic potential and leadership, is a national priority that can no longer be sidelined. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2yNpDMB Rohini Mukherjee

The Supreme Court Friday dismissed the CBI's appeal against the Delhi High Court's 2005 verdict discharging all the accused, including the Hinduja brothers, in the politically-sensitive Rs 64 crore Bofors pay-off case. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2OkWcX7 Press Trust of India

The General Secretary of the RSS Suresh 'Bhaiyyaji' Joshi on Friday made multiple statements on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QawI0x FP Staff

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday launched a new attack against the BJP government over the Rafale deal, alleging that Anil Ambani owned Reliance Defense got kickbacks from Dassault. He claimed that the Dassault CEO Eric Trappier was lying to protect Narendra Modi. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2SEA65l FP Staff

Aanil Parihar, the state secretary of BJP in Jammu and Kashmir, and his brother, Ajit Parihar, were killed by unidentified gunmen in Tapal area of Kishtwar on Thursday night. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2qoQEBu Sameer Yasir

The petition filed by advocate Sanjiv Kumar sought that women of menstruating or non-menstruating age from every religion be allowed to enter and pray at all times at all temples in India. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QltYxe Press Trust of India

After violence ensued following the killing of senior BJP leader Anil Parihar and his brother Ajit, the army staged a flag march in Kishtwar town in order to maintain law and order from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2qlavBI FP Staff

Vijayan cautioned against alleged attempts to create "communal divide" in the state police, as BJP decided to intensify protests against the left government on the Sabarimala issue. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Qe1xRQ Press Trust of India

Assam killings LIVE updates: Even as ULFA (I) claimed that they were not behind the killing of five people in Assam, preliminary police investigation shows that ULFA was behind the shooting. Police sources have told Firstpost that the department felt that ULFA has denied responsibility of the killing in fear of losing popular support. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2qqqkHo FP Staff

The Maoists on Friday released a statement on the Dantewada attack that killed a Doordarshan cameraman and two policemen, stating that "Doordarshan cameraman Achutyanand Sahu was killed after being caught in the ambush and we had no intention of targeting the media." from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Qcq8qd FP Staff

A judge may hold his court in Hindi, but he must speak in English when addressing the Supreme Court, Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi reminded an additional district judge after hearing him argue his promotion plea in Hindi from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2qngkOW FP Staff

The release asked the people to avoid bursting firecrackers near hospitals and places of worship. The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board would study the air quality seven days before and after the festival in all the corporation limits. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CTZnTE Press Trust of India

Assam killings LIVE updates: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee wondered if the attack was a reaction to the National Register of Citizens in Assam. She wrote in a tweet, "Terrible news coming out of Assam. We strongly condemn the brutal attack in Tinsukia... Is this the outcome of recent NRC development." from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2P3bANp FP Staff

Yet another woman has spoken out against MJ Akbar, accusing him of rape, and mental and physical abuse. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CUTV38 FP Staff

An unidentified militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in Handwara area of Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, police said Friday. Security forces launched an operation based on credible inputs about the presence of terrorists in Pohrupeth in Handwara area Thursday evening, a police official said. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2P5jZj5 Press Trust of India

The Delhi government told the Supreme Court on Thursday that out of 1.10 crore vehicles registered in the national capital, 40 lakh "overage" vehicles - more than 15 years in case of petrol and 10 years for diesel - have been de-registered by the transport department. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CVKRuK FP Staff

Major General VK Mishra, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 57 Mountain Division of the Army, which spearheads counter-insurgency operations in Manipur, said the AFSPA is a prerequisite for the Army to operate for maintaining peace in the militancy-affected state. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2P5jXHZ Press Trust of India

The news of Jammu and Kashmir BJP state secretary Anil Parihar and his brother Ajit being shot dead in Kishtwar has garnered reactions from political leaders across the spectrum. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CVKQXI FP Staff

According to the Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority for the National Capital Region (EPCA), the overall PM10 level in Delhi on Friday morning was 380 by the latest measure and the PM2.5 level was 214, both of which fall in the 'very poor' category. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2P8WtSE FP Staff

Under Shastri's stewardship, solid foundations were laid to make the CBI a trustworthy and efficient investigating agency with recruitment of officers of high integrity and commitment. Soon, the CBI acquired a high degree of reputation and won the public's confidence. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CVKuQS NK Singh

#MeToo has become a force to reckon with in the world of Carnatic music from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2P5WAhq Lakshmi Sreeram

A former student leader of the Allahabad University was shot dead inside the varsity's PC Banerjee Hostel during a birthday party on Thursday in Allahabad from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CVKL6m FP Staff

North and South Delhi municipal corporations on Thursday intensified drives to check pollution level in the city and imposed a total of Rs 30 lakh in penalty for violations, officials said. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2P1w4G9 Press Trust of India

Brazil's president-elect Jair Bolsonaro has confirmed the country will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, making the Latin American country the largest after the United States to make the controversial switch. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CVKsIK Agence France-Presse

A youth was allegedly set ablaze by a woman's relatives over suspicion that he eloped with her. The incident took place in Gevar Asadullah village of Uttar Pradesh's Etah district. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2P667VS Asian News International

At least five have been killed and many others suspected to be injured as unidentified gunmen opened fire in Tinsukia district's Dhola in Assam. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CVKrEG Syeda Ambia Zahan

Three members of a family were among five people shot dead by suspected ULFA in Assam's Tinsukia, Digvijaya Singh denies reports of Congress infighting, Maldives ex-president Mohamed Nasheed returns from asylum - here are the day's top stories from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2P5jPrZ FP Staff

Four high court chief justices, Hemant Gupta, Ajay Rastogi, MR Shah and R Subhash Reddy, were on were elevated to the Supreme Court within 48 hours of the collegium recommending their names to the government from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CVKErs Press Trust of India

Rajeshwar Singh handled the cases that shaped the rise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi: The 2G spectrum scandal and the bribery allegations around the Aircel-Maxis deal. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2P5jNAn Praveen Swami

The incident occurred at Kherbari village in Assam, when cadres of the outfit allegedly picked them up and took them to the Brahmaputra river bank. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CVKCzQ FP Staff

Established in 1964, the JNMF has been located at Teen Murti, once the residence of India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, since the year 1967. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2P5Dvw6 Press Trust of India

There is a fear in Assam that the BJP-led Centre wants to pass the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 to enable Hindus from Bangladesh who have long been living in Assam without valid citizenship to become citizens of India and thereby use them as a vote bank. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CVKlgi Simantik Dowerah

Jammu and Kashmir BJP state secretary Anil Parihar was on Thursday night shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Kisthwar district. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2P42UGo FP Staff

Two IndiGo planes came too close for comfort before averting a mid-air collision at the border airspace of India and Bangladesh. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CYq5Lc Press Trust of India

Despite a whole bunch of weird campaign ideas every poll season, a TRS leader managed to grab eyeballs in Assembly election campaign when he decided to give his voters a close shave. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2JpQhPH FP Staff

The list, expected to comprise 30-40 seats, would be released "certainly before Diwali (on 7 November)", BJP spokesperson Krishna Saagar Rao told PTI. The party had released its first list of 38 nominees on 20 October. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Pr1XYd Press Trust of India

The apex court highlighted a very important question of judging a situation, motive or an act of person through the lens of 'emotions' which is so idiosyncratic that no general rules can be set for its standardization. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2zjqlkg Shishir Tripathi

A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi also allowed claimants for Assam NRC to rely on five documents which were earlier objected to by NRC coordinator. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2SCFK80 Press Trust of India

Arvind Kejriwal, who showed satellite images of stubble burning in Punjab, said the incidents of stubble burning were more in Punjab this year than in Haryana. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2zi2xxf Indo-Asian News Service

Activists have accused the government and media of turning a blind eye because the victim was a Dalit. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2yK9VlE Mydeen Abdul Kader

The EPCA, in a press statement issued on Wednesday, further confirmed it's stand and said that the measure to reduce pollution would be implemented whenever there is urgent requirement to control air pollution. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2OjpB4i Kangkan Acharyya

Both the CBI and Rakesh Asthana opposed in the high court the plea of Additional SP SS Gurm, who has been transferred from Delhi to Jabalpur in the wake of the feud between CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma and Asthana, to be heard in the matter. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2yL5hDH Press Trust of India

The Supreme Court also directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to give adequate publicity and issue advertisements about setting up of the social media accounts so that the citizens in Delhi-NCR are aware of it and can lodge their complaints. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2OihggU Press Trust of India

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi threw open the world's tallest statue to celebrate Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and dedicated it to the citizens of India, Opposition parties questioned the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party as to why didn't they think of a bigger statue for Mahatma Gandhi. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2yL5jvj FP Staff

Farmers have suffered crop loss of 33 percent and above due to moisture stress in the districts, said a statement from the Special Relief Commissioner's office. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Oir6zn Press Trust of India

YSRCP president Jagan Mohan Reddy has filed a writ petition in the Hyderabad High Court seeking a thorough investigation into the alleged attack on him at Visakhapatnam Airport by an airport canteen worker from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2yJd98Z Asian News International

Last month, the Bombay High Court had directed the Pune Police not to take any coercive action against the activists or arrest them in the Bhima Koregaon case. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2OiheWk 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

Proving that age was no barrier for learning, a 96-year-old woman has secured high marks in a literacy examination held in Kerala. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2OcZQm5 Press Trust of India

Karnataka revenue minister RV Deshpande on Wednesday courted controversy after a video of him throwing sports kits at athletes from a stage went viral, drawing sharp criticism from the Bharatiya Janata Party from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2yNxGJr FP Staff

According to The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), North east monsoon rains have commenced over coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, south Tamil Nadu, southern Kerala and southern coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2OjjSvg Press Trust of India

The online registration for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for 2019 has begun on the official website (ntaneet.nic.in) of the National Testing Agency (NTA). from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2yFuSOs FP Staff

More than 100 passengers were stranded at the Kolkata airport early on Thursday after a water tanker hit a Qatar Airways aircraft, which was preparing to take off for Doha. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2P21zzS Press Trust of India