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The BJP on Sunday distanced itself from Uttar Pradesh MLA Sadhana Singh's remark on BSP chief Mayawati saying that it was "not the ideology" of the party. Singh on Saturday courted controversy by saying that she doesn't think Mayawati is a woman or a man, adding that the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister sold her dignity in exchange for power. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2W5jMMR FP Staff

The Supreme Court judges ruled that the State could regulate, but not prohibit from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2QZfH9i Aakar Patel

Accusing the Opposition of spreading misinformation in the Rafale deal, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday speculated whether the parties were becoming pawns in corporate rivalry and whether the procurement of 36 fighter jets was being "sabotaged". from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2W00B7b FP Staff

With the detection of the first body inside the 320-feet-deep illegal rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district, the families of the 15 workers trapped inside the quarry are prepared for the worst. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2QZfGCg Kyrmenlang Uriah

Two more bodies were recovered on Saturday from the site where an avalanche struck two trucks in Ladakh, taking the death toll to seven. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2W5lGgs Press Trust of India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking at the inauguration of the National Museum of Indian Cinema in Mumbai, said films and society are a reflection of each other and like cinema, India too is changing with times. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DlQF0k FP Staff

The message from Brigade Ground is that Opposition representative from other parts of the country have endorsed Banerjee's leadership. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2QZfF1a FP Staff

The AAP government and the Delhi Police engaged in a blame game on Saturday after a court questioned the department for filing a chargesheet in the sedition case against former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar and others without procuring the required sanction from authorities. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2W4V9zV Press Trust of India

Protests against the Citizenship Amendment Bill showed no sign of waning in Assam on Saturday as agitators staged semi-clad protests in Tezpur, organised citizen's meeting in Guwahati and women held a rally in Tinsukia. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2S0eCm0 Press Trust of India

The controversy around Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul's remarks on Koffee with Karan was an internal matter of discipline and code of conduct between players and the governing body or its stand-in. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RW8Hyf Bikram Vohra

The ED has attached fresh assets worth Rs 16.40 crore in connection with its money laundering probe against controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2FCQr7g Press Trust of India

Showcasing the success of Make in India in the defence sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday took a ride in the L&T built K-9 Vajra self-propelled howitzer in Gujarat. "Checking out the tanks at L&T's Armoured Systems Complex in Hazira," Modi tweeted along with a 10-second video of him riding in it. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2FMygM2 Asian News International

Recent developments suggest that state-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) may have taken the largest hit of the massive fraud by fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi but other banks too were targeted by one of the biggest banking swindler in India. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2FCIvmN Yatish Yadav

Two women of menstruating age, who attempted to trek the hill shrine of Lord Ayyappa early on Saturday, were forced to turn back once again after the police informed them that it would be difficult to provide security as there was a possibility of protests from devotees. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2WbLsjg Press Trust of India

A Delhi court on Saturday extended till 28 January the interim bail granted to RJD chief Lalu Prasad in two Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) scam cases from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2QWy9z7 Press Trust of India

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday sought the release of separatist leader Shahid-ul-Islam, who is in the NIA's custody, on humanitarian grounds as his wife was not feeling well. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2W0ZHXW Press Trust of India

The newly constituted Supreme Court collegium with the induction of Justice Arun Misra in it, upon the retirement of the then senior-most judge Justice Madan B Lokur, has rescinded the decision of the collegium taken on 12 December, 2018. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2QYVkJh Paras Nath Singh

A thick blanket of fog continued to envelop Delhi on Saturday with pollution further clogging the air. According to SAFAR, the overall air quality index (AQI) of Delhi in the morning was docking at 381, considered 'very poor'. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2U14bMh Asian News International

The body which was detected 160 feet under water have not been recovered yet because of its fragile state. According to NDRF officials, the body will start disintegrating if it is pulled too hard. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2W6dkp0 Syeda Ambia Zahan

Deolibai is one of the few older Lamani [known as Banjara in other states] women who have kept the meticulous art form of Banjara embroidery alive. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2TWzic1 Sanket Jain

Four nuns from Kerala's Missionaries of Jesus congregation, who had participated in a protest against rape accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal, on Saturday wrote to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2TZrDd1 FP Staff

Rahul Easwar claimed they found 20 women above 50 when they cross-checked the list, while several others mentioned in the list did not visit Sabarimala at all. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DlrISI TK Devasia

If governments do diversify their revenue portfolio, they would not only get insurance against unforeseen shocks to their leading revenue source but also obtain the policy space to adopt innovations that potentially axe such welfare-reducing policies. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2TZie55 Meenaz Munshi and Harsh Vardhan Pachisia

US president Donald Trump will hold a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in late February on Pyongyang dismantling its nuclear and missile programmes, the White House has announced. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Mk9DYj Press Trust of India

A full-fledged B-Tech programme in Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be introduced by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad, from the coming academic year. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2T313zJ Press Trust of India

Those clueless about caste will never know why scores of DBA students never make it to the finish line in higher education, and why Rohith Vemula took his own life three years ago. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2szPFiY Vijeta Kumar

Daily bulletin: Mamata banerjee's Opposition rally is likely to see participation from 20 national leaders; JNU sedition case to be taken by Delhi court today; day's top stories from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2MhYMOl FP Staff

The defence ministry rebutted Chidambaram's allegations on the Rafale deal from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2szPDHS Press Trust of India

Though religious identities are important in the North East, they are interpenetrated by other identities based mainly on ethnic (often tribal) and linguistic solidarities, which is why the BJP's Citizenship Bill, designed to consolidate Hindus outside the Hindutva constituency did not go down very well in the region from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2MiKnl2 Suhit K Sen

Ten people are feared dead after a snow avalanche buried the two trucks they were travelling in at Khardung La of Ladakh region in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, officials said. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2szPBje Press Trust of India

Winds of change are blowing across the country with a younger and grittier generation determined to express their personal choices upfront. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Mq1YYx Rashme Sehgal

Narendra Modi's appeal to investors went thus: India is in the throes of a major transformation and offers an opportunity in various sectors from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2szPgNu Sanjay Singh

From Gujarat taking up the #10YearChallenge, Ruskin Bond talking about his horror tales to the CVC report exposing Saint Alok Verma, here are today's must-read stories from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2MjbRaf FP Staff

The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday approved 10 percent reservation for economically backward among upper castes in jobs and educational institutions. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2szPzrC Press Trust of India

With the appointment of Justices Maheshwari and Khanna, the total number of judges in the Supreme Court has risen to 28 against the sanctioned strength of 31 from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Mq2g1z Press Trust of India

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Friday the state cabinet has in principle decided to pass a resolution seeking 33 percent reservation for women in the legislative assembly. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2szPwMs Press Trust of India

A 13-year-old student died on the spot, while four others were injured when a wall of their school building collapsed near here on Friday afternoon, police said. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Mljyg3 Press Trust of India

The Supreme Court also expressed its despair over the lack of implementation of measures to curb air pollution and traffic congestion in the capital from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2szPvbm Press Trust of India

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said that the Navi Mumbai airport is likely to be operational by the mid-2020. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Mq1Rw5 Press Trust of India

A man was arrested on Friday after he was found in possession of a hand grenade in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, on a day when there were two attacks in the state. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2QXnMex Press Trust of India

The Congress has asked all its MLAs to meet at the Vidhan Soudha in Bengaluru on Friday. The party has issued a whip that any MLA who fails to turn up for the meeting will be expelled from the party and will face action under the anti-defection law. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2W4gQAe FP Staff

The reasons cited for the delay in process varied from absence of the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha (a position which remains vacant in the 16th Lok Sabha as no party managed to win the requisite number of seats) to inability to pass an amendment Bill in the Upper House. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2QW2Lkn FP Staff

Within 24 hours of a grenade attack near Zero Bridge in Srinagar, the city saw two more grenade attacks within hours of each other, one at Lal Chowk in the heart of Srinagar and the other at a police camp at Gagran in South Kashmir's Shopian, on Friday. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2W2h1vO FP Staff

The Mirwaiz claimed many Army officers have in their write-ups and lectures admitted that Jammu and Kashmir is a political problem that has to be resolved politically from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2QUxlL7 Press Trust of India

Tihar Jail officials moved an application in a Delhi court seeking review of the court's earlier order allowing AgustaWestland middleman, Christian Michel to make calls to his family and lawyer for 15 minutes in a week. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2VZ5KfC Asian News International

The four nuns who protested against rape accused bishop Franco Mulakkal fear they are being forced to leave the St Francis Mission Home at Kuravilangad to alienate rape survivor so that she either withdraws the case or commits suicide from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2QW2EFt TK Devasia

The Jharkhand government on Friday informed the state Assembly that committees set up at three levels are looking into the long pending issues of people displaced following the establishments of public sector units in the state over the decades. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2FAfHvg Press Trust of India

A spectator died of a heart attack while more than 40 bull-tamers were injured in the bull taming sport of Jallikattu which was held across Tamil Nadu on Thursday as part of Pongal festivities which began on 15 January. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2FIqjYb Press Trust of India

Rohit, son of Tej Bahadur Yadav, the Border Security Force (BSF) constable who was dismissed from service after he had released a video in 2017 on quality of food served to soldiers, was found dead at his residence in Shanti Vihar. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2FzVwgP Asian News International

Mahila Morcha Kerala president VT Rama, who was on a hunger strike before the secretariat over Sabarimala issue for ten long days, was arrested and shifted to a hospital in Thiruvananthapuram. Reportedly, PK Krishnadas has replaced her in the hunger strike. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2FG8jxu Asian News International

Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas and BJP leader Dharmendra Pradhan said Odisha chief minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik has been purposely delaying several development projects initiated by the Centre for the state. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2FyOAAG Asian News International

An avalanche hit a mountain pass in Jammu and Kashmir's Ladakh on Friday. At least 10 people are trapped under snow after an avalanche occurred on the Khardung La pass in Ladakh. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2FFHnOu FP Staff

The government's resolve to modify the effects of the Supreme Court order hardly comes as a surprise. In the game go between the subsequent state governments and the judiciary, the law has taken one step forth and two steps back over the past 14 years. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2FzD2wU FP Staff

In view of threat of terrorist attack during the forthcoming Republic Day, Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday issued advisory to officers, asking them to maintain vigil round-the-clock as several new check-points have been set up for frisking of people in the state. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2FHCzYP Press Trust of India

In Assam, Asom Gana Parishad which was the key coalition partner of the ruling BJP quit the state government, accusing the Centre of being anti-Assam. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2FyyYwT Shishir Tripathi

The Shiv Sena on Friday hit out at the BJP-led Maharashtra government over the construction of the Shivaji memorial and asked why it was unsuccessful in putting its stand on the issue before the Supreme Court. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Mifkpp Press Trust of India

The Kerala government submitted a list to the Supreme Court containing the names of as many as 51 women between the ages of 10 and 50 who have allegedly entered the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala since the Supreme Court verdict lifted the ban on the entry of women of menstruating age into the shrine. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2sAvdyE FP Staff

In March 2016, Kanhaiya Kumar, the president of the JNU Students Union, was arrested on charges of sedition, locked up in Tihar jail and beaten up by lawyers in Patiala House court. He from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Mgmt9L Kanhaiya Kumar

The Trump administration has discussed a potential missile defence cooperation with India as part of its effort to deepen the bilateral strategic partnership, the Pentagon said from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2sz8cvN Press Trust of India

It is entirely in keeping with the times that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have conferred on him the first Philip Kotler Presidential Award from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Miq2wd Suhit K Sen

The DMK on Friday moved the Madras High Court challenging the recent Constitutional amendment, which grants 10 percent reservation to economically weaker sections of society. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2sz88w3 FP Staff

Senior Advocate Indira Jaisingh submitted that Bindu Ammini and Kanaka Durga were living under constant fear after their trip to Sabarimala, and they needed police protection and security from the agitated mob who protest their temple entry. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2MhlciK FP Staff

Over the last two years, Delhi's pollution levels were high enough to affect the respiratory and cardiac systems of even healthy people from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2sxYGJB Kashyap Raibagi

An avalanche hit a mountain pass in Jammu and Kashmir's Ladakh on Friday. At least 10 people are trapped under snow after an avalanche occurred on the Khardung La pass in Ladakh. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2MlRd9C FP Staff

The Enforcement Directorate has issued summons to four people, including IAS officer B Chandrakala and a Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Ramesh Kumar Mishra, in connection with an alleged illegal mining case in Uttar Pradesh. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2sz81R9 Press Trust of India

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat lamented on Thursday that though there was no war going on, soldiers were still dying on the country's borders. This was happening because "we are not doing our job properly", he said at a function to mark silver jubilee of the Prahaar Samaaj Jagruti Sanstha. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Mhl7vs Press Trust of India

The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside some provisions of a 2016 law imposing restrictions on licensing and functioning of dance bars from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2sz7X3R Press Trust of India

Israeli national security adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat visited India earlier this week and met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss issues related to bilateral relations, including the advancing of security deals. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Mhl2b8 Press Trust of India

Friday's swearing-in ceremony of Pakistan's new Chief Justice of Supreme Court, Asif Saeed Khosa saw an array of chief justices and judges from around the world in attendance, including CJI Ranjan Gogoi and former SC judge Madan Lokur. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2sBFvyd FP Staff

Five routes under the Centre's UDAN scheme in Maharashtra, which were discontinued some time ago, will resume on 13 February. According to officials, Mumbai-Nashik, Mumbai-Jalgaon, Mumbai-Kolhapur, Mumbai-Solapur and Nashik-Pune air services will commence again. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2MhkZvY Press Trust of India

In the euphoria of Alok Verma's victory against the government, the nuance was lost. The Supreme Court had brought Alok Verma back as a lame duck only because the government was wrong in the strict procedural and legal sense. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2szMLL4 BV Rao and Ajay Singh

For all his enviable accomplishments, Anand Teltumbde fears he is likely to end up in jail for a crime he says he did not commit. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SZnC8b Ajaz Ashraf

An avalanche hit a mountain pass in Jammu and Kashmir's Ladakh on Friday. At least 10 people are trapped under snow after an avalanche occurred on the Khardung La pass in Ladakh. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2AR2lGF FP Staff

The elevation of Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna got mired in a major controversy after the five-member collegium headed by Ranjan Gogoi recommended their names while revoking its 12 December, 2018 decision. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SW4MyY FP Staff

Philip Kotler spoke exclusively to Firstpost on the ongoing controversy over the award given to Narendra Modi and said that a jury would have further complicated the selection process. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2AR2iut Sulekha Nair

Delhi, routinely suffering from air pollution accompanied by thick fog caused by vehicular exhaust and coal burning, witnessed yet another bad day on Friday. Flights into and out of Delhi were delayed and diverted, and trains delayed. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SWmzG9 FP Staff

Today's top stories: Modi to inaugurate Vibrant Gujarat Summit; Supreme Court to hear plea of two women who entered Sabarimala; Karnataka Congress to hold key meet; and more. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2APrJwM FP Staff

Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Sanjiv Khanna of the Delhi High Court will be sworn in as judges of the Supreme Court on Friday. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2T6HHd3 Press Trust of India

The North West frontier of the ITBP, tasked to guard the 3,488-kilometre-long China-India border in peace times, is headed by an Inspector General of Police-rank officer, which is equivalent to a Major General-rank in the army. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2AR2gTn Press Trust of India

Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh said the Army was replying befittingly to Pakistan's aggression along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SXRim8 Press Trust of India

The curtailment of the tenure of four officers of CBI on Thursday, including Rakesh Asthana and AK Sharma, shows the government is not interested in surface decoration but a serious cleanup of the agency from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2AR2fPj Yatish Yadav

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A model from Belarus who claimed to have evidence of Russian interference in U.S. President Donald Trump's election was detained in an airport in Moscow on Thursday after being deported from Thailand, Interfax cited the police as saying. Anastasia Vashukevich, 27, and three others were detained upon arrival at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and have been transferred to a police station, Interfax cited the Interior Ministry as saying. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2T3fVxS Reuters

On Thursday, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis released the first look of the Firstpost newspaper owned by the media group Network18. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2AQ2MBo FP Staff

Modi praised the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and said it was among the few organisations in the country which can commit to making world-class facilities for the service of the people. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2T01smr Asian News International

Navy divers have found a body of one of the 15 trapped miners and also spotted several skeletons in the flooded rat-hole coal mines in Meghalaya East Jaintia Hills district, weeks after a multi-agency search operation was launched to rescue them from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2ANgch9 Press Trust of India

NIA hands over copies of electronic and documentary evidence to pro-Pakistani separatist and Dukhtaran-e-Millat head Aasiya Andrabi in a case against her for allegedly waging war against the country from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2T8qv6A Press Trust of India

The Supreme Court Thursday expressed its displeasure over the Centre not disbursing funds uniformly among the state governments for the development and upgradation of infrastructure in subordinate judiciary from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2AToFzI Press Trust of India

Passengers returning from the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad on board the Tata Jat Express were robbed on Thursday by armed men near Delhi. This is the second such incident to have taken place on board a train on Thursday while nearing the national capital. Earlier, passengers of the Jammu-Delhi Duronto were robbed. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2T8qyPO Press Trust of India

The Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi was also directed to ask the police to take action against unknown persons and entities, who circulated the fake dates of the Lok Sabha polls, under relevant laws to prevent rumour mongering. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2AS3mOW Asian News International

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been given life sentence for the murder of Haryana-based journalist Ram Chandra Chatrapati in 2002. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2T8qy2g FP Staff

Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who was admitted to AIIMS following complaints of nasal congestion, was discharged on Thursday from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2ANga91 FP Staff

The NCP on Thursday alleged that the nexus between the Maharashtra government and dance bar owners has led to the Supreme Court verdict that paves the way for reopening of dance bars in the state. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2T1tGgm Press Trust of India

The post of CBI chief has been lying vacant ever since Verma was removed as CBI director and further appointed as the director general fire service in the meeting on 10 January, in which Kharge gave his dissent. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2AOfUqs FP Staff

The tenures of three other officers - Joint Director Arun Kumar Sharma, Deputy Inspector General Manish Kumar Sinha and Superintendent of Police Jayant J Naiknavare - have also been curtailed, it said. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2T2K6Fi Press Trust of India

The Kumbh promises world-class infrastructure, as a city, meant for more than five-and-a-half times the population of Australia, is being meticulously created from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2QVV7GP FP Staff

Security agencies are confident about thwarting terror attacks in Kumbh because of limited access points in the tent city and constant surveillance via 1400 cameras from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2VZ1HQr FP Staff

A civilian was injured on Thursday when Pakistani troops violated ceasefire and resorted to firing and mortar shelling along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2QVV51F Press Trust of India

Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Sanjiv Khanna of the Delhi High Court will be sworn in as judges of the Supreme Court on Friday. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2VSmyVw Press Trust of India

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates congratulated the Indian government for the healthcare scheme Ayushman Bharat after Union Health Minister JP Nadda wrote on Twitter that 6,85,000 beneficiaries have availed free health care in just first 100 days of the scheme. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2QZ5Yjm Asian News International

Social activists in Mumbai expressed hope that the Supreme Court's verdict which paved the way for the reopening of dance bars in Maharashtra would inspire former dancers who had left their profession to return to it. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2VYPTxO Press Trust of India

The apex court had on 4 January directed the Centre to place on affidavit steps taken till date for Lokpal's appointment and expressed its displeasure over the tardy progress made in this regard. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2QTB8Zd Press Trust of India

India's biggest under 20 achievers are part of the shortlist for the YONO SBI 20under20 award. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2VZ1AEv FP Studio

The announcement of the first-ever Philip Kotler Presidential Award earlier this week saw its fair share of critics and assorted trolls from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2QRMq08 FP Staff

The three victims were rushed to Guru Gobind Singh Hospital in Delhi's Khyala where Sunita was pronounced dead immediately and Viru breathed his last soon after, while Akash is under critical condition. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2W1bntD FP Staff

Although the Supreme Court collegium sought to explain the volte-face in a release on 10 January, very few people were convinced provided for taking such a decision. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2QSLsAI FP Staff

Every morning, children of Chiraigaon village in Varanasi don their red and grey school uniforms and head to Barthakalon Secondary School - to sweep, mop and clean it. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2CCfT9p Khabar Lahariya

CJI Ranjan Gogoi told Prashant Bhushan that he shouldn't look at things from a negative point of view and rather look at them positively in an effort to make the world a better place from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2FvLyNv FP Staff

?No other international relationship holds so much promise, as well as concern for the world, as does India's ties with China. China's assertiveness adds one more level of difficulty to this dynamic. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2FITFpn Sreemoy Talukdar

At least two traffic personnel were injured on Thursday in a grenade attack by militants on a security picket at Zero Bridge in Srinagar. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2FxD1tk Press Trust of India

The Ministry of External Affairs of India said India also protested Pakistan's continued support to infiltration of terrorists into India, including supporting cover fire provided by Pakistan forces. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2FCEDkR Press Trust of India

What has really ruffled feathers within the judiciary is that the Collegium actually revisited an earlier order, which had names of more senior judges, and revoked it. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Fy0Yku FP Staff

The high-powered selection committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to meet on 24 January to appoint the new CBI director succeeding Alok Verma whose ouster has triggered a major political row. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2FEIRsb Press Trust of India

The diversity argument makes huge sense for Sabarimala. Legends and history overlap with heritage because they show the journey of a nation, of a community, and its social trajectory. Aryan supremacist or not, they should be remembered and learnt from, if only not to be repeated; not overwritten. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2FwOdq2 Sucheta Dasgupta

Passengers on board the Jammu-Delhi Duronto Express were robbed at knifepoint on Thursday by armed men, officials said. The matter came to light after a passenger filed a complaint through the railways' complaints portal. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2FCuK6K Press Trust of India

The woman, a Candian national who works for an event management firm and often visits India, in her complaint alleged that while she was staying at the hotel, the man came to her room and molested her on the pretext of taking a selfie with her from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2FxDSKr Press Trust of India

The BJP was diagnosed with swine flu on Thursday and is being treated under the supervision of the AIIMS director, the party said. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RzE2aA Asian News International

The petition in the Supreme Court seeks 24x7 security for the two women who entered the Sabarimala temple in Kerala and also to deal with protesters indulging in acts of violence, physical and/or verbal on social media or otherwise against them in accordance with the law. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2CqkpHK Press Trust of India

The Supreme Court collegium's recommendation to promote two High Court judges to Supreme Court and Centre's subsequent nod which came at "great speed" has been criticised severely. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RzE0iY FP Staff