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Five children were killed in a bus accident in the Dang district of Gujarat on Saturday when a bus carrying more than 50 students fell into a deep gorge on the Mahal-Bardipada route. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2T4xvB7 FP Staff

After Imran Khan stirred the hotpot that is the ongoing stir over Naseeruddin Shah's comments on the Bulandshahr violence, the actor on Sunday responded to Imran and asked him to stay away from "issues that don't concern him". from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Csg7AM FP Staff

Even 10 days on, around 15 miners are still trapped in a flooded 'rat hole' coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills districts. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2T1l9tq Kyrmenlang Uriah

Speaking at an interactive session organised by the All India Professional Congress in Mumbai, Kanhaiya Kumar said that Narendra Modi cannot "fool" people through "fake news". from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2CsfJ5i Press Trust of India

BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Saturday alleged that Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das was involved in corruption and termed his recent appointment to the top post a "surprise". from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2T5ZTCZ Press Trust of India

A team of around 100 people, including six veterinary officers from Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, have been tracking the cub since Avni was shot dead by a sharpshooter who was part of a team of Forest officials. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2CsfHdG Press Trust of India

Jharkhand chief minister Raghubar Das on Friday announced a Rs 2,250-crore scheme to help 22.76 lakh medium and marginal farmers of the state double their income by 2022. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2T1laxu Press Trust of India

Daily bulletin: Women from a Chennai-based organisation to make an attempt to enter Sabarimala today; NDA to announce seat sharing in Bihar during a joint press conference; day's top stories from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2CuzJEB FP Staff

Clad in the customary black dress, the women, led by the outfit's coordinator Selvi, asked for police protection to offer prayers at Sabarimala. As the news spread, a large number of devotees thronged Pamba, about five kilometres away from Sannidhanam. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2T5ZUH3 Press Trust of India

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday said while there is a strong Constitution and laws in place, their effective implementation does not happen due to a "lack of sensitivity among the masses". from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2CsfAyM Press Trust of India

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to approach the vacation bench of the Supreme Court against the order of the Calcutta High Court's division bench barring the party to hold Rath Yatra in West Bengal. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2T4xtJv Asian News International

A day after 22 accused in gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case were acquitted by a special CBI court, Congress president Rahul Gandhi Saturday said "no one killed him" and he "just died". from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2CsfyXG Press Trust of India

After arresting Michel in the alleged money laundering case, the ED sought his 15 day-custody from the court on Saturday. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Shnz7B Press Trust of India

What Naseeruddin has said in the context of the 3 December killing of police inspector Subodh Kumar Singh and local youth Sumit Kumar in Bulandshahr and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath's reaction to it, makes eminent sense. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2CtSurA FP Staff

DG Vanzara indicated that he also wanted to write a book about the whole affair once he is cleared of all the charges in the remaining cases. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2T7LiqS Rajnish Mishra

The fresh order comes after the two companies made representation to the markets regulator. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2CsftTS Press Trust of India

The incident occurred when the militants among a crowd lobbed a grenade at the security forces in Arwani area of Bijbehara, a police spokesperson said. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2T0R25A Press Trust of India

Ruskin Bond and Soha Ali Khan won awards in the Popular category at the latest edition of the Crossword Book Awards from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2CtSpnM FP Staff

Taking a dig at the ongoing debate over the caste of Lord Hanuman, BJP ally Shiv Sena Saturday said other characters from the epic Ramayana better keep their caste certificates ready. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Csfqra Press Trust of India

The annual revenue implication of the rate cuts would be Rs 5,500 crore, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2rOWQUh Press Trust of India

Five days after the gunfight in Pulwama, there is little clarity on what happened on the ground and whether standard operating procedures were followed. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2LvL5ei Rayan Naqash

Sajjan Kumar was convicted and sentenced to life for the remainder of his life by the high court on 17 December in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Raj Nagar area. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2rQc4Z5 Press Trust of India

Only one out of 39 locations through which the Ganga flows had clean water in the post-monsoon period this year, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has said in its latest study. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EIe3WO Press Trust of India

We accept that the hinterland is a tinderbox; that people like Ajay Bisht - better known as Yogi Adityanath - are popular because of the bigotry. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EG0mIQ Omair Ahmad

Pinarayi Vijayan said it was even more "disturbing" that the media, members of legislatures and even judiciary have not been excluded from the ambit of the order. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EEIZr2 Press Trust of India

Artists like Shahidul Alam and Kiran Nadar and organisations like Saffronart have put out a statement about the need to protect survivors who speak out | #MeToo from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EKgjOu FP Staff

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday arrested Christian Michel, the alleged middleman arrested in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EFSkyN Press Trust of India

All 22 accused in the alleged fake encounter killings of gangster Sohrabuddin Shaikh, his wife Kausar Bi and his aide Tulsi Prajapati were acquitted Friday by a special CBI court because of insufficient evidence, even as it expressed sorrow over the loss of "three lives." from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EKgnO3 Press Trust of India

Watching Maltirao Baudh perform on stage is an experience in love. If Hannah Gadsby makes comedy confront anger, Maltirao makes anger confront love. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EEIXzq Vijeta Kumar

One of the accused in the case of the allegedly fake encounter of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, former IPS officer DG Vanzara on Friday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi - then chief minister of Gujarat - would have "met the same fate" as political leaders like Indira Gandhi and Benazir Bhutto who had been "successfully assassinated" by terrorists. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EHROBn FP Staff

Security forces had launched a cordon and search operation in Arampora village in Awantipora area of Pulwama on Saturday morning following specific intelligence input about the presence of militants there from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Seu7Uf FP Staff

The miners were trapped after water from the nearby Lytein river gushed into the illegal rat-hole mine at Ksan area in Lumthari village. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2AasVug Press Trust of India

Delhi's air quality deteriorated to "severe" on Saturday as a cover of smog surrounded the national capital and prevented dispersion of pollutants, authorities said. This is the fourth time this season that the air quality here has worsened to severe category. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SewPZT Press Trust of India

After a back-and-forth of accusations of mistreating the diplomats in the High Commissions of India and Pakistan earlier this year, new reports emerged about Indian diplomats facing harassment in Pakistan on Saturday. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2PWlmfy FP Staff

Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik said that Congress' farm loan waivers may help a section of the farmers, but the KALIA scheme will cover 92 percent of cultivators of the state. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EEbbdB Press Trust of India

Around 30 to 40 women from a Chennai-based rights group are expected to reach Sabarimala on Sunday, in another attempt to enter the iconic Kerala shrine. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EIazog FP Staff

Nambi Narayanan, who is best known for fathering the liquid propulsion technology for ISRO, speaks about the espionage case that changed his life, and why he advocates for the sale of technology to other countries from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2ECShUw Neerja Deodhar

At an age when students struggle with algebra, trigonometry and arithmetic problems, Ramanujan not only mastered them but also found theorems to solve many trigonometric problems. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2ELPpp6 Aprameya Rao

Today's top stories: MHA notification spat continues; More 'yellow vest' protests planned in France ahead of Christmas; PM to launch commemorative coin to honour Atal Bihari Vajpayee; and more. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2ECOMgR FP Staff

What Naseeruddin has said in the context of the 3 December killing of police inspector Subodh Kumar Singh and local youth Sumit Kumar in Bulandshahr and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath's reaction to it, makes eminent sense. The killing of a police inspector in mob violence is nothing new. But the Bulandshahr case is entirely different. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EI5JHJ Ajay Singh

A right-wing Hindu outfit has appealed to the police to ban new year celebrations on the city's signature locations like MG Road and Brigade Road on December 31 to "protect the sanctity of Bengaluru" from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2rRSxas Press Trust of India

Naseeruddin Shah found himself at the centre of a controversy over his remarks in reference to the killing of a policeman in Bulandshahr earlier this month. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EIaxwE Press Trust of India

A 34-year-old advocate who drank poison and attacked a senior lawyer outside the Nagpur District Court died at a hospital while the injured lawyer was undergoing treatment from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EEUuio Press Trust of India

Former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, convicted in a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case, tried using "delaying tactics" by appealing to the Delhi High Court to extend his surrender deadline, a riot victim said from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EJybsy Press Trust of India

A chronology of events in the National Herald eviction case in which the Delhi High Court Friday directed its publisher Associated Journals Limited (AJL) to vacate the premises in the national capital within two weeks from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EDxjou Press Trust of India

With this, Jharkhand has joined several other states which have announced assistance to farmers in the recent past. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2ELP99C FP Staff

Manipur, the easternmost Indian border state, plagued by unemployment and armed conflict, is fondly referred to as a 'paradise' in journalistic circles. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2BxKlAX Sunzu Bachaspatimayum

A look at the events which led to the 20 December MHA order on computer surveillance shows both the UPA and NDA governments have been on the same page when it comes to internet surveillance. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2A8bKJK FP Staff

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh flayed Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa for terror activities in Punjab and killings of Indian soldiers at the border from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EJBaRF FP Staff

A quick rundown of the five best articles published by Firstpost on Friday, 21 December. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2PQReCx FP Staff

The answer keys for the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) 2018 are expected to be released on Friday. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2ELOYes FP Staff

Khabar Lahariya brings to Firstpost #MeToo Bundelkhand, an exclusive two-part series laying bare the realities of our deeply patriarchal culture, and how that plays out for working women in small town/rural Uttar Pradesh. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EDjXbV Khabar Lahariya

The Delhi High Court ordered "forthwith" the release of former youth Congress leader Sushil Kumar Sharma, who was convicted in the 'tandoor' murder case. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EyUbFP Press Trust of India

Michel, who was arrested in the UAE and extradited to India on 4 December, was remanded to judicial custody till 28 December on Wednesday. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EI5HQ3 Press Trust of India

Despite India being the world's largest democracy, attempts to silence journalists are steadily rising. India, according to Reporters Without Borders, ranks a low 136 among 180 countries when it comes to press freedom. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EyU9xH FP Staff

The MHA has authorised 10 central agencies, including the IB, CBI, and ED to intercept, monitor, and decrypt "any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer" for national security from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EGLLwU FP Staff

Autism bill: The Parliament on Thursday passed a bill to streamline the appointment and resignation of members of a trust that helps people with disability to live independently. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EyU6Sx FP Staff

By their very nature, stablecoins are cryptocurrencies that are meant to minimise the effect of price volatility. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EGLHxa tech2 News Staff

Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the government's order authorising ten central agencies to intercept, monitor and decrypt data was done for national security. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EyU1OJ FP Staff

A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday quashed the order of a single bench of the court that had allowed the BJP to carry out its "Rath Yatra" in West Bengal. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2AaVfwp FP Staff

In yet another step towards improving ties, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Friday held extensive talks under a newly established framework to enhance cultural and people-to-people exchanges between the two nations. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SfvqT0 Press Trust of India

In his plea, Teltumbde denied all the charges against him even as the police opposed the same and claimed that they have ample evidence which implicated the activist in the case. A division bench of Justices BP Dharmadhikari and SV Kotwal dismissed the petition. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2AafrhT Press Trust of India

The Delhi High Court on Friday sought the response of the Centre, police and AAP government on a PIL alleging that persons belonging to other races and religions were being discriminated against as they were being denied entry into the Parsi fire temple near Delhi Gate. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2S9F8WZ Press Trust of India

An issue as complex and nuanced as workplace sexual harassment warrants judicial discretion. If the significant gains from this wave of #MeToo conversations do not translate into actual structural change, then we risk relegating the hard work put into this movement to a limited, one-off success from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2A9BWng Manasi Karthik and Satwik Gade

Parliament LIVE updates: After Anand Sharma raised the topic of the MHA authorising 10 Central agencies to intercept data on any computer and accused the government of infringing citizen privacy, Union finance minister Arun Jaitley said that Sharma and Opposition leader Ghulam Nabi Azad should have gathered all the facts before raising the issue. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Reee2M FP Staff

Justice Sunil Gaur, hearing the matter said that AJL will have to vacate the premises at ITO in New Delhi within two weeks after which proceedings under the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1971 would be initiated. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2S9F5KN FP Staff

The Chillai-Kalan period ends on 31 January, but the cold wave continues even after that in Kashmir. The 40-day period is followed by a 20-day Chillai-Khurd (small cold) and a 10-day long Chillai-Bachha (baby cold). from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2A9DHRx Press Trust of India

The three-day DGP conference began on Thursday in the presence of Union home minister Rajnath Singh. Before heading for the conference, Modi visited the Statue of Unity, the world's tallest statue, which he had unveiled on 31 October. Modi also paid floral tributes to Sardar Patel. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2R8x1N7 Press Trust of India

The fire broke out in the government-run ESIC Kamgar Hospital at Marol in suburban Andheri on Monday, killing six people that day. Four others died in the last three days. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2GunN9M Press Trust of India

Opining that Lord Hanuman belonged to the Jat community, Uttar Pradesh Minister for Religious Affairs Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary joined the debate surrounding the identity of the Hindu deity. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2R8wXNn Asian News International

Amit Topno, a correspondent from Jharkhand's Khunti was shot dead on 9 December. He fearlessly reported on issues like sand mining, illegal alcohol sales, adivasi rights, education, sanitation, human trafficking, land rights, culture and most recently the Pathalgadi movement. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2GunJXA Nupur Sonar

A special CBI court on Friday acquitted all 22 policemen who were in trial in the sensational Sohrabuddin Shaikh-Tulsiram Prajapati alleged fake encounter case of 2005. The policemen were acquitted due to lack of evidence from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2R8wTx7 FP Staff

Jojawar's story as a water warrior began in 1995, when the monsoon failed and the water table plummeted. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2GCcxrZ Ajaz Ashraf

Parliament LIVE updates: As the Winter Session of Parliament gears up for its ninth working day, disruptions and adjournments are expected to continue in both Houses. In the Lok Sabha, The Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2018 is on the agenda. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2018 is also on the Lower House's agenda. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EGhHRZ FP Staff

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to file a status report of the investigation into a recent mob violence in which a police inspector and a youth were killed. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2GAdcKr Press Trust of India

On Monday, 73-year-old Sajjan Kumar was directed by the high court to surrender before authorities by 31 December. He had moved a plea seeking extension of time to surrender from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2R8wP0l Press Trust of India

The Madras High Court Thursday reserved its verdict on miscellaneous petitions seeking to stay a single judge bench's order banning the online sale of medicines. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2GATJJH Press Trust of India

There is a need to assess the actual efforts being taken by organisations to make workplaces inclusive. Mere tokenism is not enough from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2R8Eb3Y Parmesh Shahani

Wangkhem has been sentenced to 12 months of detention, the maximum period that can be awarded to anyone under section 13 of the NSA Act. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2BvvEy9 FP Staff

All eyes are now turning to the multi-million dollar mansion that Isha Ambani, the daughter of India's richest man will move into with husband, Anand Piramal. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EGJFgn Reuters

Daily bulletin: Amid talks over seat sharing in the alliance in Bihar, LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan is likely to meet Finance Minister Arun Jaitley; Deepak Talwar is named in the US DOJ's Airbus probe; day's top stories from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Ezez9M FP Staff

The injured at the Mithibai college have been admitted to RN Cooper Hospital, where out of the eight, three of them are in Intensive Care Unit (ICU), from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EGJxgT FP Staff

The Rajasthan government Thursday challenged the US-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) alert advising pregnant women against travelling to the state due to the outbreak of Zika, the mosquito-borne disease from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EzWWGN Press Trust of India

BJP MLA Sanjay Sharma criticised former bureaucrats who have sought Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath's resignation over the Bulandshahr mob violence, saying they were concerned only with the death there of two men and not of "21 cows" from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EHa65A Press Trust of India

The NITI Aayog has suggested that the upper age limit for entry into the civil services be brought down to 27 years from the present 30 years for general category candidates in a phased manner by 2022-23 from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EBMVZN Press Trust of India

Mining expert and award winning rescuer Jaswant Singh Gill on Thursday visited the rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EGpxuV Press Trust of India

According to Agra police, "The class 10 student was Tuesday waylaid by two unidentified men, who allegedly poured petrol on her and set her on fire with a lighter." from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Ey0wRT FP Staff

The Railways' fastest train - Train 18, which is scheduled to be flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 29 December, was pelted with stones on Thursday during a trial run between Delhi and Agra from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EIKdm6 Press Trust of India

The terrorist, identified as Zubair Shabir Bhat, was affiliated with proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and was a close associate of terrorist commander Naveed Jutt alias Hanzalla and Umar Rashid Wani alias Abu Haadi. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EDs9sS Asian News International

After repeated questioning by enforcement agencies for four years, the CBI on Thursday arrested Suman Chattopadhyay, editor of of a leading Bengali daily, in connection with West Bengal's ICore chit fund scam, officials said in New Delhi. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EG6DnV Press Trust of India

India's reversal of decision on sending Huawei an invitation for 5G field trials sends all the wrong messages about its stance vis-a-vis China. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2QHVE3O Sreemoy Talukdar

The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the city police to provide protection to social activist Swami Agnivesh who had registered two police complaints against members of BJP for allegedly attacking him in the national capital and in Pakur district of Jharkhand from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EBQ8bI Press Trust of India

Rejecting Pakistan's claim of ownership of the Jinnah House in Mumbai, the MEA said the government is considering using the Jinnah House for holding meetings and hosting banquets for foreign dignitaries from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EHk5YP Press Trust of India

With regional and international role of India and China evolving, there are expectations from the two countries to lead Asia and usher in an Asian century, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Thursday. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EAWic2 Press Trust of India

The Maharashtra government Thursday approved a sum of Rs 4,089 crore for the Tembhu lift irrigation scheme in Satara district; project will benefit the perennially drought-prone areas of Satara, Solapur and Sangli districts from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EHv2t9 Press Trust of India

A quick rundown of the five best articles published by Firstpost today. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EyF1QG FP Staff

Over a dozen miners were reportedly trapped on 13 December after water from nearby Lytein river gushed into the illegal coal pit in Meghalaya. All efforts made by the district authorities to trace them have turned futile over the past seven days from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EHlHlc Press Trust of India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will announce projects worth over Rs 14,500 crore for Odisha during his visit to the state on 24 December. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2EE7XrD Press Trust of India

The womb is a very personal space for a woman, and if she wishes to use it for surrogacy, it is her prerogative to do so. The only role the State has to play is to ensure she is not exploited by unscrupulous elements, and this can be done by recognising surrogacy as legitimate work from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2PQEXxD Gita Aravamudan

from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2UVAb65 FP Staff

The revised RRB ALP Technician result is expected to be released on Thursday by the Railway Recruitment Board or RRB of the Indian Railways on the official websites from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2PRnaXj FP Staff

Shrey Singh, the son of SHO Subodh Kumar Singh, who died at the hands of cow vigilantes in Bulandshahr, listed out a number of aspects which aroused suspicion. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2UXlgYR Rashme Sehgal

Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, who was convicted and sentenced to life in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots by the Delhi High Court on Monday, will move the Supreme Court against the verdict, reports said. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2A3iJUl FP Staff

There is still no official state-wise data available on either the integration or the settlement of IAY beneficiaries. While the ruling party is pushing to hit the flashy '1 crore pucca houses' target as the country approaches a critical election year, these IAY homes seem all but forgotten as they don't contribute to the numbers of PMAY-G. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2V2N6mP Khabar Lahariya

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States has issued a warning to pregnant women against travelling to Rajasthan and surrounding states due to an outbreak of the Zika virus. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2T0hBI1 FP Staff

Hamid Nihal Ansari was arrested in Pakistan in 2012 for illegally entering that country from Afghanistan, reportedly to meet a woman he had befriended online. Authorities in Pakistan slapped espionage charges against him from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CoPwod Press Trust of India

The BJP has previously launched similar attacks on the very institutions that Congress has been accused of "humiliating". The Opposition had made similar accusations against the BJP, and had demanded apologies. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2SVvE1m FP Staff

In a major setback to the West Bengal government, the Calcutta High Court approved the petition moved by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which challenged the state government's denial of permission to hold rath yatra rallies in the state. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CoPsot FP Desk

A total of 27 states and three Union Territories participated in the ranking of developing best startup ecosystem for budding entrepreneurs. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2SVvAPa Press Trust of India

It has certainly been a roller coaster ride for relations between India and Pakistan in 2018 from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2EEMY82 Tara Kartha

Congress leader Veerappa Moily on Wednesday sparked controversy by attacking IAF chief BS Dhanoa and calling him a liar over the Rafale deal. Dhanoa has earlier stated that the Supreme Court has given a "fine judgment" on petitions against the Rafale deal. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CopZf4 FP Staff

The President's Rule in Jammu and Kashmir came into effect after President Ram Nath Kovind in the exercise of the powers conferred by Article 356 of the Constitution signed a proclamation ordering imposition of central rule from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2rN5fHS Press Trust of India

Darul Uloom has also said that it was in fact 'illegitimate' to eat food while standing from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2LuBswg FP Staff

A 48-year-old British woman tourist was allegedly raped by an unidentified man while she was walking towards a beach in Goa in the wee hours of Thursday from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2rN5eDO Press Trust of India

The number of people trapped inside the rat-hole mines of East Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya has gone up to 15. Reports confirmed the news as officials are still attempting to rescue the miners who have been tapped inside the illegal coal mines. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2LpIKS0 Kyrmenlang Uriah

Swarn Singh was assaulted with a deadly weapon by Rory Benson in December 2017, according to Sikhs civil rights group The Sikh Coalition. He suffered a scalp laceration and a skull fracture as a result of the attack and was rushed to the hospital. Benson was arrested. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2rODRcp Press Trust of India

She was sent to Delhi in an air ambulance Wednesday afternoon, he said, adding the woman continues to be critical and will now be treated at Safdarjung Hospital's dedicated burn ward. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2LvWGu4 Press Trust of India

Rupa Chinai, who visited the North East several times over the course of 30 years, speaks about the people living in the region have been pushed to wall and isolated by mainland India from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2rN59A0 Neerja Deodhar