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The Supreme Court has ground to quash the 10 percent quota law it if it is challenged before it as there has been no mention of any inadequate representation of poorer sections of the society. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2M9pFUs Srinivasa Prasad

Over 32,000 BEST employees have been on strike since Tuesday, 15 January, and its fleet of 3,200-odd buses have been off the roads of the metropolis, causing severe inconvenience to several lakh commuters. The union has yet to receive any written proposal from the BEST management to address the concerns of the workers on strike. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2smVnoi FP Staff

HS Phoolka has been at the forefront of fighting the judicial battle of 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims. It was his efforts which saw Congress leader Sajjan Kumar getting convicted and sentenced to life in prison from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2M9dneO Asian News International

The movement against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 intensified in Manipur on Saturday. A protest rally was jointly organised at Kwakeithel Akham Leikai in Manipur's Imphal West district. Another protest rally against the bill was also held at Wangoo area in Manipur's Bishnupur district. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2sorIv1 Press Trust of India

Two years after thejallikattuprotest, a look at how Tamil Nadu'sMarina revolution acted as a real-life 'social' network and has since brought a change that was not anticipated in the first place. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2M9pHvy Catherine Gilon

Poilce sources said that the accused had watched the Ajay Devgn film Drishyam before planning the murder. The woman was allegedly having an illicit relationship with BJP leader Jagdish Karotiya and this was causing trouble in the latter's family as the woman wanted to stay with him. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2sqnGlI Press Trust of India

The committee was formed on 6 January to assess the quantum of seats to be reserved in the Assam Assembly and in the local bodies of the state for Assamese, besides providing other safeguards. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2M7YSId Press Trust of India

Today's top stories: Rajasthan BJP MLAs to elect their leader today; Congress ready with plan for UP, Rahul Gandhi to address 15 rallies; Missy Elliott becomes first female hip-hop artist inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame; and more. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2smJ9vX FP Staff

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's office has received an anonymous email that threatened his daughter to kidnap her. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2M5TJAt Press Trust of India

With Modi as my leader, New India is a possibility. And I sure want to be a part of that. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2CgREx9 Priyanka Deo

Amid the ongoing dispute in the CBI, former Chief Justice of India RM Lodha on Saturday said that the agency should be insulated from political executive. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2MbmcoM Asian News International

The Parliament had passed the Bill on Wednesday. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2smVlga Asian News International

Two militants were killed in a gunfight with the security forces on Saturday in south Kashmir's Kulgam district. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2M6pXvu Indo-Asian News Service

Shah Faesal said the right to self-determination is part of the Kashmir solution and there is a need to rework relations between New Delhi and Kashmir. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2smVkJ8 FP Staff

Amit Shah said that the Centre would implement NRC throughout the nation for its security. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2M5R9uo Kangkan Acharyya

The killing of a 16-year-old girl in Gaya has taken a new turn, with family members of the deceased alleging that they were subjected to third-degree torture from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2smVjVA Ramashankar Mishra

Faesal said the right to self-determination is part of the Kashmir solution and there is a need to rework relations between New Delhi and Kashmir from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Rpi89Z Ishfaq Naseem

When it takes effect, the government's new move raises the level of quota to 60 percent. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2CeIMbm Srinivasa Prasad

The retired officers feel the row has besmirched the reputation of the CBI, and are speaking up against the Centre. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RpetJt Rashme Sehgal

Aparna Pande took a few questions from Firstpost on the sidelines of the fourth edition of the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2CeIK3e Sreemoy Talukdar

Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday announced the enhancement of old age pensions from Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,000, starting January. The decision is expected to benefit around 5.4 million pensioners in the state. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2D5oqD7 Asian News International

BJP National Convention LIVE Updates: Speaking about the controversial Ayodhya issue, Modi said: "Look at the Ayodhya matter. Congress is using their lawyers to stall the issue. Congress was even ready to impeach the CJI. We should not forget what Congress is doing and we should not let anyone forget it." from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2TEGWaS FP Staff

Karachi police chief Amir Shaikh claimed that the attack on the Chinese consulate in the Pakistani city was planned in Afghanistan and executed with the help of RAW. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2AGaJZK Press Trust of India

The School Bus Owners' Association in Mumbai deployed 1000 school buses and 1000 private buses in the light of the strike by BEST bus employees. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SPIT49 Asian News International

Former CBI director Alok Verma may have resigned from service, but he will have to face the CVC inquiry into certain grave allegations that have been leveled against him by serving officers of the investigating agency. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2AKrnqW Yatish Yadav

Retired Supreme Court judge AK Patnaik, who was supervising the CVC enquiry into graft charges levelled against Alok Verma, said that there was no evidence against him. He also said that the decision of the Narendra Modi-led selection committee to remove Verma as CBI Director was hasty. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RJuKbs FP Staff

The Jammu and Kashmir BJP termed former IAS officer Shah Faesal's remarks at his press conference on Friday day as lies. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2HiACnU Press Trust of India

Two army personnel, including a Major, were killed in an IED blast along the LoC in Nowshera sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district. In another incident, a porter in the Indian Army was also killed in Rajouri's Sunderbani when Pakistani troops continued ceasefire violations. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RJuJ7o FP Staff

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday praised the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for declaring 2019 as the 'Year of Tolerance' and said that India, on the other hand, has been witnessing four-and-a-half years of "intolerance". from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2H9zN0V Press Trust of India

Daily bulletin: SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and BSP leader Mayawati set to announce their alliance for the 2019 polls today; Narendra Modi to address BJP workers at the party's national council meeting; day's top stories from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RLu5X1 FP Staff

Vivekananda believed that youth could play a role in India's socio-economic regeneration. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2H9x6fT FP Staff

US President Donald Trump on Friday assured H-1B visa holders, an overwhelming majority of whom are Indian IT professionals, that his administration will soon bring changes that will give them certainty to stay in America and a "potential path to citizenship". from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RQIbql Press Trust of India

US president Donald Trump on Friday promised changes in the way the U.S. handles temporary visas that allow American companies to bring high-tech and other skilled workers into the U.S. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2H9nHoi The Associated Press

The five-member Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi took the decision in its meeting on 10 January. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RIeSpG Press Trust of India

Banker-turned-politician Meera Sanyal died on Friday after a period of illness. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2H8GkZI Press Trust of India

Let's examine the stand of some of the world's major powers on homosexuals serving in the military from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RJuER8 FP Staff

Arun Jaitley also accused the Congress of grudgingly supporting the Constitution Amendment Bill, passed by Parliament earlier this week. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2H9zO4Z Press Trust of India

The Union government has decided to give a fresh impetus to the department of the National Population Register (NPR) under the Registrar General of India. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RJuEk6 Yatish Yadav

New Delhi has neither the purse nor the clout to single-handedly support the Palace at a time when a large group of countries - which includes Pakistan and Saudi Arabia - are determined to oust Ghani and his circle. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2H8ZLkX Tara Kartha

Two Army personnel have lost their lives in an IED blast in Jammu and Kashmir's Naushera. More details on the attack are awaited. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RJuDN4 FP Staff

Keralites were in a two-day celebrating mode after the nationwide hartal declared by the national co-ordination committee of trade unions. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2H7LhBT George Joseph

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

Those backing former CBI director Alok Verma would like the public to believe he was thrown out of CBI by a "desperate" and "panicked" Narendra Modi. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2HazHpC FP Staff

Congress President Rahul Gandhi said on Friday that his party will grant special category status to Andhra Pradesh if voted to power in the upcoming general elections. Gandhi, who is in the UAE on a two-day visit, addressed a gathering of Indian workers at the Labour Colony in Dubai. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RJuBVs Press Trust of India

Concession schemes run by the government to subsidise fertilisers and pesticides for farmers have resulted in the lack of application of organic manures leading to the reduction of carbon content in the soil and the consequent stagnation of agricultural productivity. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2H9x7jX Khabar Lahariya

The Centre told SC that it has to "believe in miracles" and see if the 15 miners, who have been trapped for almost a month inside an illegal rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya, come out alive. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RJv222 Press Trust of India

Did the film's writers omit Dr Reddy because it would have established Manmohan's deep affection for Baru, who plays the narrator's role in the film, and made him appear treacherous? from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2H4p1J8 Ajaz Ashraf

What does the workplace look like for these women who are resetting centuries of gender, class and caste oppression? Can they speak truth to power as we hear women in other places speaking? Or is silence a small price for the slow-moving liberties that they have gained? What shape can #MeToo take here? from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2BWkNxE Khabar Lahariya

Alok Verma asked the government to treat him "deemed superannuated" with immediate effect, while the Delhi HC denied relief to CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2H8ohTw FP Staff

Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Friday pitched for incorporating artificial intelligence and big data into the armed forces' system. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2M6G3Fg Press Trust of India

The headmaster of a government school in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur was suspended after a video showing him making derogatory remarks against Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath, went viral. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2sn99Ht Asian News International

Senior Congress leader and former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi said he would break Section 144 of the CrPC and court arrest if the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was not withdrawn by the Centre. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2M2Vuyi Press Trust of India

Did the Congress and Verma's other backers know they had a weak hand? from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2sn95Yf Sanjay Singh

Five tribal political parties have called a dawn-to-dusk bandh in Tripura to protest against unprovoked police firing during Citizenship Amendment Bill protests at Madhabbari earlier this week. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2M3vqDf Press Trust of India

A day before his joint press conference with BSP chief Mayawati, SP president Akhilesh Yadav said the alliance will get the math right in the upcoming Lok Sabha election and defeat BJP. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2sn91aX Press Trust of India

Former CBI chief Alok Verma braced a bitter and public battle with his number two, Rakesh Asthana during his tenure. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2M2uEqf FP Staff

One of the speakers at TEDxGateway 2018, photojournalist Raghu Rai said, "If journalism is the first draft of history then photo journalism is the witness to that history." from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2sohHhg FP Staff

Illicit coal mining has been continuing on a much larger scale at a remote corner of Assam for the past several years. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2M36ziU Rajeev Bhattacharyya

The MEA spokesperson cited some instances such as Pakistan's religious affairs minister Noor-ul-Haq Qadri sharing a public platform with Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed on 30 September where both of them made "vitriolic" anti-India statements and the terror organisation opening centres in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2H6jeCX Press Trust of India

Murders, rapes and other crimes in Uttar Pradesh recorded a downward trend in 2018 in comparison to 2017 figures, UP top cop OP Singh said on Friday. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RM9WA0 Press Trust of India

In a letter to the Secretary DoPT, ousted CBI Director Alok Verma on Friday rejected his new assignment as DG Fire Service, Civil Defence and Home Guards. Verma noted in the letter that natural justice was scuttled and the entire process was turned upside down to ensure that he was sacked as CBI Director. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2H7nCl1 FP Staff

Ahead of the verdict on Friday in the murder case against Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, elaborate security arrangements were made in Haryana and parts of Punjab. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RDL2CR FP Staff

The new CBI director M Nageshwar Rao on Friday reversed and nullified the transfer orders that had been put in place by shunted first-in-command Alok Verma over the past two days. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2H71wPK FP Staff

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If Hidma finally succeeds in becoming the chief of Central Military Commission of CPI (Maoist), he would be the first local tribal in the Indian Maoist history to bag this top leadership role. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2H71veE Debobrat Ghose

The nomenclature for the two examinations will be 'Mathematics - Standard', for the existing level of examination, and 'Mathematics - Basic', for the easier level, according to a circular issued by the CBSE from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RFYPc4 Press Trust of India

A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S K Kaul considered the response filed by the Union Health Ministry which said that a compensation scheme has been formulated by it to ensure proper compensation to the victims of faulty hip implants by Johnson and Johnson from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2H6gMfD Press Trust of India

The health centre in Rajasthan's Ramgarh also lied to the gynaecologist at Jodhpur Umaid hospital and said that they have finished delivering the baby. The hospital staff left the placenta in the womb. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RKVBE0 FP Staff

The state government told a bench of Justices AK Sikri and S Abdul Nazeer that one crore litre of water has been pumped out so far from the illegal mine but seepage form nearby rivers was creating hurdles in the rescue operation. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SPkuMa Press Trust of India

The British High Commission in India has got consular access to Christian Michel, the alleged middleman in AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case, who is housed in the Tihar Jail. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2D33Fb3 Asian News International

A prime witness in the case, Sayeb, who managed to haul himself up with the help of an iron chain hanging inside, thanks God for choosing to save him from the 320-feet water-filled rathole mine. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2AIGKQL Syeda Ambia Zahan

Speaking at the Raisina Dialogue, however, former Afghanistan president Karzai backed the US president's contention that India should "do more". from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SPkrzY Sreemoy Talukdar

The badly-mutilated body of a 16-year-old resident of Manpur Patwatoli locality of Gaya, was found in the field, barely 700 meters from her house, on 6 January, after which residents of Gaya organised protests to condemn police inaction. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2ACg4Rx Manmohan Singh and Rama Shankar Mishra

Traffic on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway was suspended this morning due to fresh snowfall in Kashmir an official said. The decision to resume traffic on the national highway would be taken once there is an improvement in the weather and the snow is cleared off the road. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SPkprQ Press Trust of India

An Army major and a BSF jawan were injured as Pakistani troops shelled forward posts and civilian areas along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Thursday. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2AFcF4s Press Trust of India

The Assam bandh has been called by the Coordination Committee of the Tribal Organisations of Assam (CCTOA) to protest a bill that seeks to grant Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to six ethnic communities in the state from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SPklIC Press Trust of India

Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan said on the 10 per cent quota move that all prime ministers from Congress party barring Manmohan Singh belonged to upper castes. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2AEUnAG Asian News International

India's steel ministry is pressurising automakers to use locally made steel, endangering 'Make in India' by refusing to back down on tougher import rules despite warnings that the new regulations could disrupt the production of cars, government and industry sources said. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SMNnIL Reuters

NC chief Farooq Abdullah said if the army could suggest talks with the Taliban, then the Centre should also talk with the Hurriyat leaders to solve the Kashmir issue. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2AEPJCu Press Trust of India

In the video that went viral, Alipurduar DM Nirmal and his wife were seen beating up the man inside Falakata police station in the presence of the Inspector-in-Charge from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SPkifU Press Trust of India

Lakhs of commuters in Mumbai continued to suffer as an indefinite strike called by employees of BEST continued for the fourth consecutive day on Friday. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2AGKD8W Asian News International

A three-member committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday removed Alok Verma as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director, merely a day after he had resumed office on Wednesday from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SNYYr3 FP Staff

India on Thursday launched a program to rein in dangerous pollution levels in more than a hundred cities that the government said it expected to improve air quality significantly. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2AIOdPP Reuters

Assam Police has filed a case against three intellectuals of the state on charges of sedition after they raised the issue of separate statehood. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SQkdIQ Syeda Ambia Zahan

The fact that Alok Verma was neither removed nor transferred had put the decision squarely within the legal powers of the executive. Decision to transfer Verma was only done following approval of the appointment committee recommendation which rests in harmony with the rules enunciated in Delhi Special Police Establishment Act. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2AIu2S3 Shishir Tripathi

A three-member committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday removed Alok Verma as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director, merely a day after he had resumed office on Wednesday from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SOfLue FP Staff

Should more scientists and the general public in India crusade against the onslaught of silly pseudo-scientific claims and the disregard for science that might threaten its viability, integrity, legitimacy and utility in the international arena? from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2AFhKdc Aruna Dhathathreyan

The report detailed the instances of violence that have erupted across Kerala over the Sabarimala row, and said that the state suffered a loss of Rs 2.3 crore during the 3 January hartal alone because of Sangh groups' actions. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SMGMhC FP Staff

Elaborate security arrangements have been made in Haryana especially in Panchkula, Sirsa (headquarter of Dera) and Rohtak districts with several companies of the state armed police, anti-riot police and commando force being deployed to deal with any law and order situation. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2ADFSNm Press Trust of India

The Congress on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the government over removal of CBI director Alok Verma, with party chief Rahul Gandhi saying the second-time sacking of the probe agency chief showed Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a "prisoner of his own lies" and there was fear in his mind over alleged corruption in the Rafale aircraft deal. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SNG0kt Press Trust of India

It sends a chill down the spine to think of all that a CBI officer scorned can do taking cue from two two illustrious gents. What this sordid drama shows is that both the director and special director have been busy carving up the CBI into their personal fiefdoms, forcing everybody around them to become part of this dirty factional war. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2AFlI5r BV Rao

Two women who made history by becoming the first in centuries to enter the Sabarimala hill temple in Kerala are in hiding after threats by hard-line Hindu groups. The temple has been the site of tension since the Supreme Court ruled in late September to end a ban on women of menstruating age entering it. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SOfN5k Reuters

Army Chief General Bipin Thursday said India cannot be left out of the "bandwagon" when a number of major countries reaching out to Taliban, noting that the engagement was necessary to pursue New Delhi's interests in the war-torn country. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2AFriom Press Trust of India

Mallikarjun Kharge said "there can be no alternative, but to restore Alok Verma unto "full range of authority enjoyed by the office of the director". from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SPAYnm FP Staff

Deepika, the official mouthpiece of the Syro-Malabar Church, published an article accusing Sister Lucy Kalappura who part took in the street agitation against rape accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal, of violating the congregation's rules by owning a car, getting a driver's licence and publishing a book without permission from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2AF2ixy George Joseph

The Tripura government Thursday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the violence at Madhabbari in West Tripura district on Tuesday and extended the ban on SMSes and mobile internet services in the state from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SMucyT Press Trust of India

Alok Verma, who has been removed from the post of CBI director unceremoniously by a high-powered selection committee, has claimed that he was transferred on the basis of "false, unsubstantiated and frivolous allegations" made by only one person who was inimical to him. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2AGzdC6 Press Trust of India

The clip purportedly shows the Tripura Police thrashing the injured from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SOKYNE Chandrani Sinha

Today's top stories: HC verdict likely on pleas of Rakesh Asthana, others for quashing FIR; BJP national council meet to begin today; tribal groups launch bandh in Assam against bill to grant ST status to ethnic groups. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2AFFEFz FP Staff

A fire which had broken out in a Delhi furniture market in Kirti Nagar area on Thursday night was brought under control by Friday morning. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SNFRNX Asian News International

The Delhi High Court is scheduled to pronounce on Friday its verdict on pleas of CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana and others seeking quashing of FIR against them on bribery allegations. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2AIzbtg Press Trust of India

With an aim to expand the outreach of quality health care to the remote corners of the nation, the Union Cabinet gave its nod to the proposal for establishing three new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) including one each for Jammu and Kashmir region and one at Gujarat. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SNSuIV Asian News International

The CBI would now require permission of the state government to conduct raids and probe in Chhattisgarh, officials said. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2ACgpnq Press Trust of India

A fresh bill to make the practice of triple talaq among Muslims a penal offence was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 17 December, 2018, to replace an ordinance issued in September. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SP7CFQ Press Trust of India

A high-powered committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday removed Alok Verma as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2ADFTAU FP Staff

The Ganjam district administration, roped in women self-help groups (SHGs) and swacchagrahis to take an innovative way to ward off open defecation. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SJCkjr Manish Kumar

CBI Director Alok Verma, who joined office after a 77-day exile on Wednesday, ordered the transfer of five of the bureau's officers on Thursday. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2QBX0Iq FP Staff

Jharkhand High Court Thursday rejected the bail petition of RJD president Lalu Prasad Yadav in three cases of the multi-crore fodder scam from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2VHHa2H Press Trust of India

On 5 January, the role of Christian Michel came out in other deals as well, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) told a Delhi court which sent the alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland case to judicial custody till 26 February from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2QCoJZu Asian News International

The plea also said that the Bill violates basic feature of the Constitution since reservation on economic grounds cannot be limited to the general categories and the 50 percent ceiling limit cannot be breached from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2VHH8rB FP Staff

National Commission for Minorities chairperson Syed Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi said on Thursday that no hindrance should be created in the hearing of the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land title dispute in the Supreme Court, saying the earliest resolution of it will benefit both Hindus and Muslims. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2QBWRom Press Trust of India

The last Maharaja of Kapurthala Jagatjit Singh was a man of the world, with a love for everything French. He made primary education compulsory, introduced co-education in schools and worked towards providing medical and sanitation facilities from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2F5QibE Vandana Shukla

Seeing the magnitude of the problem of land inequality, the Indian government had initiated land reforms programmes soon after Independence. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2QzprGY Sumit Chaturvedi

PSP(L) founder Shivpal Yadav stressed there was "no chance" of a merger with the Samajwadi Party, though he was open for an alliance. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2VJvbBB Press Trust of India

When asked about the court ruling on adultery, Bipin Rawat said the Army is conservative from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2QBWNF8 Press Trust of India

The Bombay High Court Thursday directed the Maharashtra government to file an affidavit in response to a petition by AIMIM MLA Imtiyaz Jaleel, challenging the Maratha quota from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2VHH2Af Press Trust of India

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on the Maharashtra government's appeal challenging the refusal of the Bombay High Court to extend the 90-day limit for filing charge-sheet in the Bhima-Koregaon violence case. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2CfpJ0D Press Trust of India

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