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At the 2018 edition of the South Asian Women's Day, Kamla Bhasin held forth on intersectional feminism, while Vrinda Grover spoke about the legal battles that face the LGBTQ community from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2E7DAsu Anandamayee Singh

Mobile internet services have been suspended in Srinagar following the Mujgund encounter which is underway since Saturday, ANI reported. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QGpODz FP Staff

The Republican Party of India has called for a statewide bandh on Sunday after party leader and Union minister Ramadas Athawale was assaulted during an event in Ambernath city. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2EaDSi1 FP Staff

9 December 2018: BJp offers support to TRS in Telangana minus AIMIM; here are the top stories for the day, Army officer named in Bulandshahr violence arrested in Jammu and Kashmir. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QGpMLX FP Staff

An intelligence report submitted by the ADG of intelligence has questioned the Uttar Pradesh Police's role in the Bulandshahr violence. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2EaEDYI Saurabh Sharma

However, as the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Friday decided to reduce its oil supply by 1.2 million barrels per day for the first half of 2019, prices may see an up-turn leading to a reversal in India's domestic fuel prices movement. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QGnlsR Indo-Asian News Service

Maneka Gandhi has ordered an inspection of all shelter homes in Odisha, a fortnight after an alleged sexual abuse of minor girls in such an accommodation. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2EbTWAq Press Trust of India

However, Goods and Services Tax (GST) is applicable on sale of under-construction property or ready to move in flats where completion certificate is not issued at the time of sale, it said. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QMyg4A Press Trust of India

Delhi's air quality remained very poor on Saturday as inspections by Supreme Court-appointed Environment Pollution Control Authority found rampant illegal activities. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2EbTX7s Press Trust of India

"We know who did it (the 2008 Mumbai terror attack). I don't think we have to get any statement from anybody," Bipin Rawat said. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QFPG2A Asian News International

The Delhi court summoned the doctor as accused saying he was prima facie found to be contravening a provision of the Indian Medical Council Act which entails a maximum of one year jail term. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2EayfAv Press Trust of India

Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the evening near the Srinagar-Bandipora road in Mujgund area on the city's outskirts, a police official said. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QEcfEZ Press Trust of India

Dharmendra Malik, the brother of army jawan Jeetu alias Fauji named as an accused in the murder of a police inspector during the Bulandshahr violence, on Saturday said that there was a conspiracy to trap his brother. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2E9FBEq FP Staff

India will retain its position as the world's top recipient of remittances this year, the World Bank said in a report. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QCUdTx Press Trust of India

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Lt Gen (retd) D S Hooda's remarks that it would have been better if the 2016 surgical strikes were carried out secretly, alleging that the prime minister used the military action for "political capital". from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2E8RElj Press Trust of India

The ED conducted a raid at the residence of Congress worker Jagdish Sharma. Sharma, who is believed to be a close aide of businessman Robert Vadra. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QJzkpF Asian News International

Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal are set to get married in Mumbai on 12 December. Upwards of 1500 guests have started arriving in Udaipur for the same. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Us3wEY FP Staff

A woman teacher of a private school in Gurugram was suspended for allegedly putting sellotape across the mouths of two LKG children. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2B4PWOI Press Trust of India

For India's burgeoning economy, stability in oil prices is as important as moderation. These twin factors also carry a political consequence for Prime Minister Narendra Modi as India approaches general elections next year. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2UuQiXI Sreemoy Talukdar

An FIR has been filed against the accused at a Guwahati police station. He was in police custody for two days before being released on 3 December under section 41 of the CrPC from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QgJWwK FP Staff

Two days before Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh was killed during mob violence in Bulandshahr, local BJP leaders had demanded his transfer after accusing him of creating obstacles for religious functions. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2RP9xdb Press Trust of India

Setting an example of communal harmony and brotherhood, a Hindu-majority village in Bhaderwah town of Jammu and Kashmir elected unopposed the head of its only Muslim family as their Panch in the ongoing nine-phased Panchayat polls. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QnWYZp Press Trust of India

Little is written about the Mughal daughters' sexuality in texts representative of that period, but foreigners' travelogues and contemporary literature tell us about their affairs and the fate of their lovers from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2G2MCJB Syed Mubin Zehra

At least 11 people were killed and 19 others injured on Saturday when a passenger bus skidded off a road and plunged into a deep gorge in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2rzQpEx Press Trust of India

The Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday transferred Bulandshahr Senior Superintendent of Police Krishna Bahadur Singh and attached him to the office of the Director General of Police here, a Home Department official said on Saturday. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2G7778i FP Staff

A new history project-cum-exhibition called Pathbreakers puts together the stories of 21 Muslim women who - the horrors of Partition notwithstanding - rose to prominence in modern, independent India. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2FZOaV1

Two years after the surgical strikes carried out by the Army across the Line of Control, Lt Gen (retd) DS Hooda Friday said it was natural to have an initial euphoria over the success but the constant hype around the operation was unwarranted. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2G2Mzxp Press Trust of India

A few hours before dawn broke on Bundelkhand's horizon on 20 November, a truck filled with sand was speeding down the highway when it hit, and consequently killed, a labourer in Banda, a Bundelkhand district in Uttar Pradesh. There have been similar accidents all over Uttar Pradesh in the last few years. In Bundelkhand, these cases have often been tied up with the hugely active sand trade, and hence mafia - "paise waalon ki balu mafia", in local parlance. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2rs7os1 Khabar Lahariya

Dubbing a public interest litigation seeking to know the health status of ailing Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar as a "roving and fishing" enquiry, Goa Chief Secretary Dharmendra Sharma on Friday told the Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court that disclosing Parrikar's health records will set a "dangerous precedent" from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2BZsTGP Indo-Asian News Service

Come winter, and Bengaluru is enveloped by the avarekai fever - the ubiquitous ingredient that makes it way into breakfast, lunch and dinner from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2L3YTwt Bindu Gopal Rao

Five more persons were arrested on Friday for their alleged involvement in the mob violence in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr earlier this week, police said. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2BZsSmf Indo-Asian News Service

After much speculation and delay, Gujarat capital Ahmedabad is all set to get its first ever metro rail in January next year. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2L4c7cz FP Staff

Two police officials have been transferred in connection to the mob violence in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr town earlier this week where an inspector and a civilian were killed, authorities said on Saturday. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2BZsRyH Indo-Asian News Service

The exit polls are expected to set the balls rolling for backdoor negotiations and alliance talks, another BJP ally and union minister Upendra Kushwaha has openly launched an attack against Nitish Kumar government; here are day's top stories from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2L4c4gT FP Staff

Batting in his last competitive match, Gautam Gambhir struck unbeaten 92 guiding Delhi to 190 for one on Day 2 of Ranji Trophy match, in reply to Andhra Pradesh's first-innings score of 390. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2BZsQL9 Press Trust of India

Much is being made out of the forthcoming series as a contest between Virat Kohli and Australia. The real story, however, will be the performance of the rest. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2LaEFRT Vedam Jaishankar

Kedarnath, set in the backdrop of the June 2013 natural tragedy that killed thousands of pilgrims in the temple town of Kedarnath, was released countrywide on 7 December. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2BZtyYP Rahul Singh Shekhawat

Indian pop singer Mika Singh, accused by a 17-year-old model from Brazil of sending suggestive pictures to her online and promising her a role as a model in a Bollywood film, is probably in deep trouble. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2L2KeBt Bikram Vohra

Even as technical snags continued to plague Delhi Metro's Blue Line service on Friday, causing delays in service and major inconvenience for passengers, the DMRC seems to be in denial mode. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2BZsNir Kangkan Acharyya

The Ministry of External Affairs welcomed Pompeo's remarks and reaffirmed the India's esolve to "to bring justice to the families of the victims and the martyrs" of 26/11 from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2AmmGTa Karan Pradhan

BJP seems to be going through a bad patch: assailed by allies, it is in danger of losing social constituencies and is facing a credibility crisis. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2BZtvMD Suhit K Sen

Khaitan claimed that the ED officials raided "close associates" and business partners of Vadra in Delhi without even showing any search warrants. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2L4c0h9 FP Staff

The Supreme Court cirticised the huge wastage of food and water at wedding functions in Delhi even as an "unconfirmed report" stated that three girls recently starved to death in the national capital and people continue to face water shortage from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2rsc2pT Press Trust of India

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As the tiger population grows in our finite wildlife reserves and parks, the scourge of man-eaters returns to reignite the man-animal conflict debate. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2roioH7 Nikita Doval

The criminal case relates to an alleged assault on the then Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash during a meeting at Kejriwal's official residence on 19 February. Prakash was recently transferred and posted as additional secretary in the Department of Telecommunications. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2FZZ8cW Press Trust of India

The final arguments in the case, which were taken up on 3 December, ended on 5 December before CBI Special Judge SJ Sharma. The "fake encounters" of alleged gangsters Sohrabuddin and Prajapati and the disappearance of the former's wife Kausar Bi took place in 2005-06, kicking off a major political storm. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2rpF8q7 Indo-Asian News Service

The incident occurred when he was standing with other dignitaries for the National Anthem at the convocation function of the Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth (MPKV) Agricultural University. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2FZZ4tI Indo-Asian News Service

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addressed the Bulandhsahr violence for the first time on Friday, claiming that it was an accident. "There was no case of mob lynching, what happened in Bulandshahr was an accident," he said. Adityanath also promised that the accused will be punished. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2rpF61t FP Staff

A new lead on the accused in the Bulandshahr violence case emerged on Friday. Jeetendra Malik, who has been named in one of the FIRs as Jeetu and is reportedly a serving Army personnel, could be responsible for shooting Police Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2FZYYSS FP Staff

Earlier the apples restricted to Shimla, Kullu,Mandi,Solan and Sirmaur has now shown tremendous expansion to high altitude belts in Kinnaur like Kalpa, Sangla, Pooh and Reckon Peo. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2rnAn0d Ashwani Sharma

A new lead on the accused in the Bulandshahr violence case emerged on Friday. Jeetendra Malik, who has been named in one of the FIRs as Jeetu and is reportedly a serving Army personnel, could be responsible for shooting Police Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2PlvrCJ FP Staff

In a huge setback to the filmmakers of Kedarnath, Uttarakhand government has banned the Sara Ali Khan and Sushant Singh Rajput-starrer from being screened anywhere in the state. "They claim they want to just show the destruction that happened, they don't tell us about their hidden agenda." from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2zIlOsE FP Staff

The Kerala High Court recently appointed a three-member panel to oversee security and other arrangements at the historic hill-top shrine in Kerala following recent incidents of violence there. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Pk3jQl Press Trust of India

An army jawan and a BSF soldier were killed in two separate incidents of ceasefire violations in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara and Rajouri districts on Thursday. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2zIm5Mc FP Staff

The Delhi High Court will on Thursday hear a plea filed by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special director, Rakesh Asthana and others seeking quashing of First Information Report (FIR) filed against them in a bribery case. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2PtwErK FP Staff

The Armed Forces Flag Day is significant as it reminds the nation of its obligation to look after the veterans, disabled soldiers, war widows and dependents of those who have sacrificed their lives for the safety, honour and integrity of the country. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2RLkVqs FP Staff

The Sanatan Sanstha on Thursday said none of the 12 accused arrested in the Maharashtra arms haul case were the organisation's members as claimed by the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in its chargesheet filed in a special court. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QFWQ71 Press Trust of India

Two RPF personnel were injured in the incident which took place near Badnagar, about 50 km from here, said Ujjain Superintendent of Police (SP) Sachin Atulkar. RPF jawans on patrol duty along the railway track in Sundarbad area spotted about ten persons loitering about and asked them to stop, the SP said. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2E7OrTj Press Trust of India

Daily bulletin: Rajasthan and Telangana are the last states to go to Assembly polls this year, Supreme Court to hear Vijay Mallya's petition against the 'fugitive' tag; Sensex drops 572 points; day's top stories from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QGJ7Nd FP Staff

Around 12.4 lakh deaths in India in 2017 is attributable to air pollution, it said and termed air pollution a leading risk factor for deaths in the country where the average life expectancy would have been 1.7 years higher if the pollution levels were less than the minimal level causing health loss. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2E7Ope9 Press Trust of India

Pakistan continues to use Afghan Taliban as a "hedge" against India, a top US commander has told lawmakers, as he expressed America's frustration over Islamabad's failure to take concrete steps to deny safe havens to terrorist groups. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QCO2yQ Press Trust of India

New Delhi considers the port in Chabahar, which lies in Sistan-Baluchistan province of Iran, very crucial for its strategic interest in the region. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2E6SIWN Press Trust of India

O'Brien, Trinamool's Parliamentary party leader in the Rajya Sabha will conduct the competition along with Diptangshu Chowdhury, the co-convener of the Trinamool's cyber cell and party member Suparno Maitra. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QGJ5F5 Press Trust of India

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on the pleas filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Alok Verma and NGO Common Cause challenging the decision of the Central government to send Verma on leave. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2E3R7RQ FP Staff

Since 1949, 7 December is observed as Armed Forces Flag Day to honour soldiers who laid their lives for the country, as well as, men and women in uniform, who are fighting to safeguard India's border. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QGLb82 FP Staff

Abhijit was arrested on 23 October on the basis of two FIRs filed against his name for allegedly passing derogatory remarks against Odisha, its people, Konark Temple and Lord Jagannath. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2E3IS8h Press Trust of India

Singer Mika Singh had gone to Dubai to perform at a Bollywood event. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QLB7uB Asian News International

Telangana's caretaker chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) told the Assembly in March that the state's debts stood at Rs 1.42 trillion. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2E5VsDY FP Staff

Whistleblower Rahul Sharma, who filed a case of corruption against a close relative of Arvind Kejriwal, filed a case in the Delhi High Court seeking police protection. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QDHpw9 Kangkan Acharyya

It has been widely reported that Modi will inaugurate the around Rs 4,800-crore bridge on 25 December. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Ea6Bnt Sanjib Kr Baruah

The recent mob violence in Bulandshahr that took the lives of a police officer and a villager, is threatening to take an ugly communal turn. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QCsm5P Rahul Satija and Saurabh Sharma

from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2E3IOp3 Rahul Satija and Saurabh Sharma

The Wildlife SOS, who have been given the task of capturing and sterilising monkeys, has sterilised 500 monkeys as of now. The sterilisation of one monkey costs around Rs 3,200 to 3,500. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QHvaOU Ankita Virmani

The 3rd session of TEDxGateway 2018 saw speakers Maati Baani and Group, Dnyaneshwar Bodke and Shahnaaz Khan share ideas on the 10th edition of the event. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2E3ILJT FP Staff

The final session of the TEDxGateway 2018 saw changemakers like Mihir Shah, Gitanjali Rao, Shabana Basij-Rasikh and Harssh Poddar address the audience on the 10th edition of #TEDxGateway. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QFWOfp FP Staff

The High Level Committee approved the additional assistance from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF). from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2AXo531 Asian News International

Among the hundreds and thousands of kar sevaks who had made their way to the site of the Babri Masjid, armed with pick axes and shovels, in December 1992 was Sanjay Kaw, then a journalist with The Statesman. This is an account of his journey to Ayodhya from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2UkORv2 Rohini Nair

The Indian and Pakistani armies traded heavy fire along the LoC in Uri (Baramulla district) and Machil in Jammu and Kashmir, said defence sources. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2UmvnpT FP Staff

India's emissions look set to continue their strong growth by an average of 6.3 percent in 2018, with growth across all fuels - coal (7.1 percent), oil (2.9 percent) and gas (6 percent), the study said from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2BUjikM Press Trust of India

Shivakumar urged Tamil Nadu to present the project details of the Cauvery river water and also hold a discussion on the same at a convenient time. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2L15A26 Asian News International

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday evening is slated to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the backdrop of cow-related violence in Bulandshahr on 3 December. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2BTpEkj FP Staff

Lynching is not merely an ordinary murder. Mob lynching, unlike murder, are done not to just attack the victim but to also send a broader social message that certain actions will be met with violent retribution. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2L15t6G Ajay Kumar

Even as New Delhi's citizens struggle to avoid daily traffic snarls, repeated snags and glitches in the Delhi Metro keeps adding to commuters' woes. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2BVODn7 Kangkan Acharyya

The apex court rapped the central government over the exigency of sending the CBI chief Alok Verma on leave without consulting the Selection Committee. However, Verma's counsel Fali Nariman argued that in this case, the word "transfer" may not necessarily mean a transfer from one place to another but would also include the divestment of powers, as done in the petitioner's case. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2L0grJM FP Staff

Raveesh Kumar, the official spokesperson for the MEA, on Thursday said it was "unfortunate" that Pakistan was trying to politicise the proposal to open the Kartarpur corridor. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2BVw0j1 FP Staff

In June this year, BJP chief Amit Shah had met the actor at her residence in Mumbai during his party's 'Sampark for Samarthan' (Contact for Support) programme and briefed her on the achievements of the Narendra Modi government. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2KYzgwY Press Trust of India

In 1992, following the demolition of Babri Masjid, fake news published by Hindi newspapers in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh fueled hatred among the communities, leading to one the first and worst riots in the 200-old history of the state capital from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2RKeL9G Kashif Kakvi

There is an interesting chapter in renowned Hindi author Kamleshwar's novel Kitne Pakistan - in which several important historical figures are brought to court, put into the witness box and asked to narrate their version of history - where Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire, is testifying on the Ayodhya dispute. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Qe5bzj Om Prakash

TM Krishna is among the leading Carnatic music vocalists and public intellectuals of our time. The Magsaysay Awardee has been in the news recently for repudiating attempts to communalise Carnatic music - a stance that has made him, even more, the target of right wing trolls from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2RITgq9 Akshaya Mukul

Officials at the NRC secretariat are in no doubt that the home department is "passing the buck" since it had failed to begin the exercise in time. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Qe57zz Rajeev Bhattacharyya

On the 26th anniversary of the Babri masjid demolition, Khabar Lahariya's digital head, Kavita Devi paints a picture of the Ayodhya view from Banda, in the run-up to and aftermath of the Hindu Mahasabha on 25 November. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2RCg8Yc Khabar Lahariya

In Delhi, Relentless humiliation and rebuke from her science teacher over the last couple of months forced a Class 7 student here to commit suicide by hanging herself, police said on Thursday. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QfM2NE Indo-Asian News Service

The West Bengal government has refused permission to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah's proposed 'rath yatra' from Coochbehar on grounds that it might cause communal tension, the state's advocate general informed the Calcutta High Court on Thursday. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2RDOolQ FP Staff

Commuters faced problems travelling in Delhi Metro's Blue Line on Thursday morning as train services were affected on the entire stretch due to a signalling issue, a day after the corridor faced a similar technical snag twice. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QcCHpA Press Trust of India

Watch the first session of #TEDxGateway 2018 as speakers includingclassical dancer and scholar Dr Ananda Shankar Jayant, former railway minister Suresh Prabhu, microsculpture and photographer Levon Biss and others take you through some of the monumental ideas of modern time from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2RCsRdj FP Staff

An external member of the JNU Court on Wednesday accused the JNUTA and JNUSU of feeding misinformation to media and thus bringing down the image of the varsity in the society at large. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QgQBHd Press Trust of India

The women were charged with human trafficking after they were discovered during a raid on a surrogate business in the capital Phnom Penh in June, the latest in a series of arrests targeting the practice from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2RDhvG7 Agence France-Presse

The extradition of Christian Michel - the man central to the political payoffs in Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland chopper scam - is an important political victory for BJP. The development turns on its head the corruption narrative just at the right time for prime minister Narendra Modi. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QcCra6 Sreemoy Talukdar

In the Swiggy ads, women are still being depicted as doing all the emotional labour, except that they now can throw a little more of their hard-earned money to buy themselves some me-time from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2RCsL5r Asavari Singh

Located just over 20 kilometre from the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border, the Bogibeel bridge will connect Dibrugarh in Assam to Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh. It has three lane roads on top and a double line rail below from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QcCenk FP Staff

The apex court rapped the central government over the exigency of sending the CBI chief Alok Verma on leave without consulting the Selection Committee. However, Verma's counsel Fali Nariman argued that in this case, the word "transfer" may not necessarily mean a transfer from one place to another but would also include the divestment of powers, as done in the petitioner's case. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2EgUVQE FP Staff

An external member of the JNU Court on Wednesday accused the JNUTA and JNUSU of feeding misinformation to media and thus bringing down the image of the varsity in the society at large. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Sxrpci Press Trust of India

The extradition of Christian Michel - the man central to the political payoffs in Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland chopper scam - is an important political victory for BJP. The development turns on its head the corruption narrative just at the right time for prime minister Narendra Modi. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2EgOeOi Sreemoy Talukdar

It has been twenty-six years since the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya in 1992, an event whose reverberations continue to ripple through the fabric of our nation. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2SxKBH0 Partha P Chakrabartty

The decision comes after the Congress party challenged the decision saying that Bedi should have consulted the ruling party before the nomination of the three legislators. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2G2ZhMQ Asian News International

The intelligence reports have suggested that Musa could be disguised as a Sikh and wearing a turban. He is the Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind chief and is said to be aligned with a global terror group. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2rmdjPp Indo-Asian News Service

The Indian Government has not responded to the British High Commission's latest request, the sources added. Michel was extradited to Delhi from UAE on Tuesday night and a court here on Wednesday remanded him to five-day Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2GeQffZ Asian News International

AgustaWestland investigation: Although Tyagi had publicly denied any relationship with Christian Michel immediately after the scam surfaced in 2012. Informed government sources said Michel will also be confronted with another document that was signed jointly by him and another middleman Guido Haschke. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2rmGemq Yatish Yadav

Bulandshahr Violence LIVE updates: Shikhar Agarwal, who is one of the accused in the Bulandshahr violence case, has released a video in which he is seen blaming slain Uttar Pradesh police inspector Subodh Kumar Singh for the alleged cow slaughter violence in the district. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2G1reEF FP Staff

In its afterlife, the Babri Masjid has become shorthand for the undermining secularism, democracy and the rule of law, of which India has had several examples in the last four years or so. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2rn3aSx Ajaz Ashraf

Shikhar Agarwal, who is one of the accused in the Bulandshahr violence case, has released a video in which he is seen blaming slain Uttar Pradesh police inspector Subodh Kumar Singh for the alleged cow slaughter violence in the district. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2FZLpCY FP Staff

Bulandshahr Violence LIVE updates: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has offered Rs 50 lakh assistance to the family of inspector Subodh Kuamr Singh, who was murdered by a rioting mob in Bulandshahr. In addition to this, the government has also decided to repay an existing bank loan taken by the deceased for his children's education. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2E4vZuz FP Staff

The family of Police Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh, who was murdered by a mob in a case of alleged cow slaughter in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr, met with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at his residence on Thursday. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QEU4yK FP Staff

The result of Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed) second-semester examination has been released by The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) on its official website, nios.ac.in. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2E3IEho FP Staff

The top court said that Witness Protection Scheme, 2018 shall be the 'law' under Article 141 and 142 of the Constitution, till the enactment of suitable parliamentary or state legislations on the subject. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QHEWAC Press Trust of India

Hundreds of security personnel dotted the roads and bylanes and police made preventive arrests to thwart protests at the disputed site in Ayodhya on the 26th anniversary of the demolition of Babri mosque on Thursday, as authorities kept a tight vigil especially in the wake of saffron outfits raising the pitch over the sensitive Ram temple issue. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2E65jKa Press Trust of India

During the investigation, it was revealed that the members of the terrorist gang are also members of organisations such as the Sanathan Sanstha, Hindu Janjagruti and other similar smaller organisations. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QJDQ7P Indo-Asian News Service