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Catch Live score and updates from Indian Super League (ISL) encounter between NorthEast United and Chennaiyin from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SaWYMq FP Sports

Former chief election commissioner of India Navin Chawla on Saturday posed several questions regarding the election processes in the country, ranging from conflict of interest to need for reforms. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2HAgRbQ Press Trust of India

BJP accused Rahul of acting as a "Chinese propagandist" from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SaWYfo Press Trust of India

Daily Bulletin: Narendra Modi will address the first Mann ki Baat of 2019 today, he will also visit Tamil Nadu and Kerala; ED was granted two-day custody of Gautam Khaitan; day's top stories from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Huxwxk FP Staff

Oxford Dictionaries on Saturday declared "Nari Shakti" the Hindi word for the year 2018. The announcement was made during a session at the ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) at Diggi Palace. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SaXERY Press Trust of India

Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has stressed the need for implementation of United Nations Security Council's resolutions on Kashmir. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2HwhJOA FP Staff

A woman died and nine others, including two children, were hospitalised after they allegedly consumed 'prasadam' (offering) served outside a temple in Chikkaballapura district from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SaXDgS Press Trust of India

While Rahul Gandhi got a front row seat, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad was seen seated in the second row from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2HzYunm Press Trust of India

Nambi Narayanan played a critical role in the development of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SaXB8K Press Trust of India

Nazir Ahmad Wani, a militant-turned-soldier who laid down his life fighting terrorists in Shopian in Kashmir in November, was awarded the Ashoka Chakra. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2HM0yZJ Press Trust of India

Cyril Ramaphosa discussed issues of mutual interest with Rahul Gandhi and Manmohan Singh from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SaXytA Press Trust of India

Bhupen Hazarika provided music for acclaimed Bollywood movies from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2HwZb0Q Press Trust of India

Next superFood? Cockroach protein could bring about a revolution by joining the fight against nutritional deficiencies and disorders. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2SaXwSu Sanchari Banerjee

The award to Pranab Mukherjee by the Narendra Modi government is intended to deliver several messages at once from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2UhV7Tt FP Staff

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday wished the countrymen on the occasion of the 70th Republic Day. "Happy Republic Day to all fellow Indians," Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted both in Hindi and English. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DAR1Ai Press Trust of India

The Bharat Ratna for Pranab babu carries even greater significance beyond the BJP-Congress political rivalry from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2UjAqqi Sreemoy Talukdar

A day after the CBI named banking doyen K V Kamath and virtual who's who of the sector for questioning in the alleged fraud case against former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar, Union minister Arun Jaitley Friday advised investigating agency to avoid "adventurism" and concentrate only on the bull's eye. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DAlZJ2 Press Trust of India

A day after his name was announced for the Bharat Ratna award, former president Pranab Mukherjee called upon countrymen to strive to protect and preserve the foundational ethics of justice, liberty, equality and fraternity as enshrined in the Constitution. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Uhi5Kz Press Trust of India

Observing that the Centre's ambitious Ayushman Bharat healthcare scheme achieved a paradigm shift within three months of its launch, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said it was "unfortunate" that some states chose to opt out for reasons of political expediency. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DAoUkL Asian News International

Navy divers on Saturday recovered a second body today from the flooded rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya where over 13 workers remain trapped since 13 December, 2018. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2MAiNQc Asian News International

Mobile internet services were suspended across Kashmir on Saturday as a precautionary measure on the occasion of Republic Day, but mobile phone services functioned as usual. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2sNpVQv Press Trust of India

Each weekend, Firstpost will bring a carefully-curated collection of original reportage, opinion and analysis. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2MwvuLW FP Editors

Hundred of tourists stuck in a landslide in Bir Billing in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district have been rescued, a district official said Saturday. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2sLa7xB Press Trust of India

Pakistani troops on Saturday violated ceasefire by targeting forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, promoting "strong and effective retaliation" by the Indian army. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Mz7at9 Press Trust of India

The children awarded with Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar were all smiles as they greeted President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi with folded hands as they passed the Rajpath during the Republic Day parade. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2sNpSEj Press Trust of India

The UN system's chief scientist on weather and climate warned on Friday that climate change has "a multitude of security impacts" and is increasingly regarded as a national security threat - with global warming records broken in 20 of the last 22 years. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2MxBjJe Agence France-Presse

Several tourist places in Himachal Pradesh continued to get snowfall on Saturday, further dipping the temperature in the areas, the meteorological department said. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DADetq Press Trust of India

BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said Congress leader Anand Sharma has threatened officers to stop working against corruption which only shows the mentality of Congress party. His comments come after Sharma had issued a veiled warning to government officials after the CBI raided former Haryana chief minister BS Hooda's residence on Friday. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2sLa3On Asian News International

The Budget session of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature will begin in Amaravati on 30 January, with Governor ESL Narasimhan addressing a joint sitting of the two Houses. Assembly Speaker Kodela Sivaprasada Rao said there will also be a general discussion on the budget from 6 February. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2MxBi88 Press Trust of India

Gautam Khaitan, the accused in the AgustaWestland scam case, has been accused of routing money through countries like Dubai, UK, Zambia, Tunisia, Kenya, Mauritius, Singapore, Switzerland and others. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2UoRECT Press Trust of India

India celebrated its 70th Republic Day with a grand display of its military might and rich cultural diversity as the ceremonial parade rolled down the majestic Rajpath in Delhi in presence of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa as the chief guest. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DAwzPW Press Trust of India

Fifty youngsters in the Nagla Maya village of Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district have, in a desperate measure, proposed to auction themselves to raise money to provide for drinking water in their village. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2UkrKAa Asian News International

Goa Pradesh Congress Committee chief Girish Chodankar requested PM Narendra Modi to honour the two great Goan heroes of the yesteryear, Dayanand Bandodkar and Dr Jack Sequeira by naming the two bridges that will be inaugurated on Sunday by Nitin Gadkari, after them. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DzyaWq Press Trust of India

Mizoram Governor Kummanam Rajasekharan on Saturday addressed an almost-empty venue on the 70th Republic Day, due to a statewide boycott call given by an umbrella organisation against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2UhJvQA Press Trust of India

Republic Day 2019 LIVE updates: Celebrations for the 70th Republic Day concluded on Saturday after the ceremonial parade rolled down the majestic Rajpath in Delhi with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in attendance as the chief guest, amid unprecedented security deployment in the city. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DBbLrN FP Staff

Search giant Google on Saturday dedicated a special doodle to mark India's 70th Republic Day, which captured the country's architectural and cultural legacy as well as its rich bio-diversity. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2UiFueq Press Trust of India

The pursuit of pleasure, in the Ananga Ranga, involves the subjugation of women for the pleasure of men. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DzNfHr Syed Mubin Zehra

The killing exposes a deep vein of blind faith and violence that runs through India's most forward-looking state, which prides itself in its high-90s literacy rate and gender ratio from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2UgvJNS Sonal Matharu

Flipkart and Amazon are now lobbying to get the deadline for the new rules extended beyond February 1 giving them enough time to refit the operational contours. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DzNbrb Gaurav Choudhury

Rahul's inability to impress voters and inspire trust in his leadership could hobble his party from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Ujd5Fc Sandipan Sharma

From living rooms to newspaper columns to security gatherings, jihad is a much debated topic. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DB4LLu Dr Tariq Rahman

Boys still in their teens are increasingly being recruited by jihadist outfits to little resistance from families, separatists or the government as a new gun culture gains ground in the troubled Valley. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Uhaont Rayan Naqash

Remotely impossible: Hacking even one voting machine requires access to the unit, hardware and a killer algorithm. Mass wireless hacking is pure fantasy. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DzN6nn Subhashish Dutta

23 Delhi Police officers, including six women, will be conferred Police Medals for their exemplary service on India's 70th Republic Day. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Ui6bjn Press Trust of India

Mainstream cinema finds a new formula in the run-up to Lok Sabha polls 2019, as films about politics and politicians keep the box-office busy from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DzN1A5 Vinayak Chakravorty

Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani, a militant-turned-soldier who laid down his life fighting a group of terrorists in Shopian in Kashmir in November, was awarded the Ashoka Chakra by President Ram Nath Kovind Saturday. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2UhabRd Press Trust of India

Hours before India will celebrate the 70th Republic Day, an encounter broke out between militants and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar. Three police personnel have sustained injuries in an ongoing encounter. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2TewDKH FP Staff

Senior advocate and activist HS Phoolka, while admitting he did not know why recommended him for the Padma Shri award, dedicated it to human rights workers. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2B3DRtY Asian News International

Republic Day 2019 LIVE updates: President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday honoured 26 children, including 6 girls, with Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puruskar at an iconic parade at the Rajapth on the occassion of India's 70th Republic Day. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2TfhIA9 FP Staff

According to the India Today poll, Narendra Modi is facing discontent over lack of jobs for young people and a weak farm economy, and polls have forecast his ruling alliance will fall short of a majority in the election due by May. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2B2OgX2 Reuters

Extreme income inequality, neglected socialist manifestos, communal politics and populist schemes - nothing much has changed for India since 1970, when Harishankar Parsai's satire Thithurta Hua Gantantra was first published. The sun of progress and development is yet to dawn upon India's shivering democracy. Here's a reading of an excerpt from Parsai's much-relevant social commentary. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2TgtOZF FP Staff

Residents of Delhi braved cold weather conditions to throng to Rajpath to witness the 70th Republic Day celebrations as the minimum temperature settled at six degrees Celsius, three notches below the season's average. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2B1MMw0 FP Staff

In a statement, Gita Mehta said she is deeply honoured to be a recipient of a Padma Shri, but declined the offer as "there is a general election looming and timing might be misconstrued, causing embarrassment both to the government and me, which I would regret." from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Tb7osK FP Staff

2 years, 11 months, and 17 days. That's how long it took to draft the Indian constitution. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2B4etEl FP Studio

In light of Republic Day, Central Secretariat and Udyog Bhawan stations of the Delhi Metro will remain closed from 6 am until noon, and Patel Chowk and Lok Kalyan Marg stations from 8.45 until noon. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2TdZ6Ah FP Staff

This Republic Day, as we celebrate the promise of democratic India, this one fact is inescapable: savage violence is our national language. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2B3DPSS Praveen Swami

Symbolic militarism, including that on display at the Republic Day Parade, is a salve to past injuries and a proclamation of contemporary prowess from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2TewBm3 Sanjeev Srivastava

Republic Day Parade would be out of step without the military from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2B6A4vV Syed Ata Hasnain

The iconic Republic Day parade, which will see 22 tableaus of states and central government departments, will begin with the laying of a wreath at the Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. South African president Cyril Ramaphosa will be the chief guest at the event in Delhi. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2TeTyFV FP Staff

Republic Day parade gives the people only opportunity to turn out in large numbers to cheer, respect, and show an indebtedness to the men and women in uniform from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2B2oJx2 Manvendra Singh

Even a good thing can be dulled by repetition and need not necessarily stay in step with the times from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2TmUt6Y Bikram Vohra

President of Djibouti Ismail Omar Guelleh, L&T chairman AM Naik, late journalist Kuldip Nayar, late actor Kadar Khan and cricketer Gautam Gambhir were among the 112 prominent personalities who were named on Friday for conferment of this year's Padma awards. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2B57KKB FP Staff

Bharatiya Jana Sangh leader and social activist late Nanaji Deshmukh, singer Bhupen Hazarika and former president Pranab Mukherjee were on Friday conferred the country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2TeTw0L Press Trust of India

In his address to the nation on Republic Day eve, President Ram Nath Kovind urged people to vote in large numbers in the upcoming Lok Sabha election; here's full-text of his speech from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Bf7MQf FP Staff

President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday gave a clarion call to people to perform the "sacred act" of voting. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2TgGdg6 Press Trust of India

Firstpost and Ipsos recently conducted National Trust Survey during which it asked 'burnning questions' to 34,470 individuals from 291 urban wards and 690 villages covering 320 parliamentary constituencies to assess the direction of the political wind in the country before the 2019 Lok Sabha Election from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2CMw7Nf FP Staff

The National Trust Survey conducted by Firspost and Ipsos involved 34,470 individuals from 291 urban wards and 690 villages across 320 parliamentary constituencies from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RTF81q FP Editors

The CISF personnel manning Agra's Taj Mahal are undergoing training to use 'gulels' (catapults) to tackle the monkey menace from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2CHHLca Press Trust of India

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Friday slammed the BJP for alleged encounter killings in Uttar Pradesh, saying the country's most-populated state is the victim of "muscular" policies of the saffron party after Jammu and Kashmir from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RNtOn7 Press Trust of India

Bombay High Court pulled up the Maharashtra govt for its "insensitivity" in the Shakti Mills gangrape case in April 2014 from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2CMw6c9 Press Trust of India

The Metro's Aqua Line between Noida and Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar was opened Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RLm2dH Press Trust of India

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has given strong indication that he would like to present a full budget instead of a vote-on-account which is traditionally called for in an election year, by an outgoing government, triggering outrage by the Congress. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2CMw2sV FP Staff

Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh has sought transport minister Nitin Gadkari's personal intervention particularly in expediting the Kartarpur Corridor project, given its historic and religious importance. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RLRHvm Press Trust of India

India on Friday said it was closely monitoring the emerging situation in Venezuela and favoured resolution of the political crisis through constructive dialogue. Spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs Raveesh Kumar said that the crisis in Venezuela can be resolved without resorting to violence. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2CJ19Wg Press Trust of India

Around 25,000 security personnel have been deployed across the city and security beefed up at strategic locations in central Delhi, which were on the target of two arrested terrorists planning strikes during the Republic Day celebrations from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RQNvL4 Press Trust of India

Nazir Ahmad Wani, a militant-turned-soldier who had joined the Army's 162 Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army) Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry in 2004, will be conferred the award posthumously on Saturday by President Ram Nath Kovind from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2CUjnUT Press Trust of India

BJP MP Satish Gautam Friday slammed AMU authorities for issuing a show cause notice to an ABVP student leader for organising a 'Tiranga yatra' on the campus from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2RNqvfS Press Trust of India

For dominant Assamese-speaking groups in the Brahmaputra Valley, particularly, who have been opposing illegal immigration from Bangladesh for decades now, this is a downright unacceptable prospect and a turnaround of the BJP's election agenda to expel all 'illegals' from Assam. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2CMoqX9 Angshuman Choudhury and Jonmani Das

Yogesh Shelke, former employee of Bajaj Allianz and a resident of Beed in Marathwada, blew the whistle on the nexus between Bajaj Allianz and Maharashtra Gramin Bank. They had a tie up, which meant the bank could sell Bajaj Allianz policies to its customers. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Udc1CI Parth MN

Republic Day 2019 will see a tribute to the departed soldiers by PM Narendra Modi and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa as chief guest from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Dyfwy3 FP Staff

Five fresh landslides hit the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway on Friday, which remained closed for the fifth consecutive day. The highway's closing has led to over 1,500 vehicles being stranded at various places in Kathua, Jammu, Udhampur, Chennai, Patnitop, Ramban, Batote Banihal. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2UjNtbp Press Trust of India

After signing a three-year strategic programme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa expressed hope to expand cooperation in various areas. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DyOGGc Press Trust of India

A leopard entered a crowded locality in Maharashtra's Nashik district and injured a Shiv Sena politician and two media personnel from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2UgIs3c 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

The four legislators who did not turn up at a recent Congress legislature party meeting have been served notices, and there is no threat to the government as the media has portrayed, Siddaramaiah said. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Udc2Xi Press Trust of India

In his customary policy address marking the beginning of the 14th session of the Kerala Assembly in Thiruvananthapuram, he said the state government had stood for gender equality, social justice and the dignity of toiling masses. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Dy9WvO Press Trust of India

In 2002, when Ikhwan was disbanded by the state government led by late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani was among thousands of Kashmiris who struggled to find a livelihood. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2UfL4hD Sameer Yasir

At least 11 Delhi-bound trains were running late on Friday as visibility in parts of northern India plummeted below 100 meters due to dense fog, which is predicted to engulf the national capital for the next three days, according to the MeT department. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2FZkPYX Asian News International

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with politicians across party lines, former government position holders and journalists, took to social media to encourage more people to take part in India's electoral process on the country's ninth National Voters' Day. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2B014xa FP Staff

Attorney General K K Venugopal said that a bench headed by Justice A K Sikri had on Thursday passed an order, saying it will be appropriate to hear the Centre's review and writ petitions against the SC/ST Act 2018 together from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2TdKmBv Press Trust of India

Nitish Kumar called for a caste-based census in 2021, citing that the population of the scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward classes had gone up. He said the caste-based census will help update data estimates recorded in the last census in 1931. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2B4Snl9 Asian News International

In incidents of hate crimes in Uttar Pradesh, in 2017, 60-year-old Mohammed was lynched. Hindu Yuva Vahini claimed responsibility for the crime. The outfit was created by Adityanath in 2002 from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2TdKl0p Kunal Purohit Indiaspend.org/FactChecker.in

An alleged member of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) has been arrested on charges of planning to carry out terror strikes during Republic Day celebrations from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2B4Smh5 Press Trust of India

The CBI on Friday registered a new case against former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and others over alleged irregularities in land allocation and carried out searches in 30 locations in Delhi-NCR, officials said. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2TdKjWl Press Trust of India

The Supreme Court issued a notice to the Central government after hearing a PIL challenging the recent law enacted to provide 10% quota in government jobs and higher education to economically weaker sections of the general category. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2B4SlK3 FP Staff

The Goa government has decided to charge fines between Rs 2,000 and Rs 10,000 from people for drinking and cooking in the open, state Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar said. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2TdKilf Press Trust of India

The rescue operations in the Gurugram building collapse incident has been called off by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Friday. Seven bodies have been recovered after a four-storey building collapsed at Ullawas. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2B6ca3L Asian News International

By declaring Baramulla district terrorist free what is not taken into account is that while resident terrorists may have been marginalised the transient ones are always available. Uri tehsil forms a part of Baramulla district. It's an area most prone to infiltration. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2TeCWOr Syed Ata Hasnain

The man, along with his wife and two children, had visited Thailand in August 2017, police said from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2B6c9wJ Press Trust of India

Due in part to cultural, historical and economic factors, South Africa has been an important partner for India. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2FYSeD3 Karan Pradhan

Parents of missing Indian sailor Akshay Jadhav, who was on board one of the ships in Kerch Strait off Russia, hope for his return to Maharashtra's Kolhapur from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Uf2bA9 Press Trust of India

In view of the upcoming Lok Sabha election, 'No Voter to be Left Behind' is the theme for this year's celebrations. For first-time voters, the registration process is easy and doesn't involve a visit to any government office. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DwHRF8 FP Staff

Taking the #10YearChallenge to the rupee-to-dollar conversion rate, Indian infrastructure and the Indian Premier League, whose viewership has increased from 200 million in 2009 to 730 million in 2018 from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2HymGX9 Deepak Gopalakrishnan

Polling began for the second phase of the Panchayat elections in Telangana Friday amid tight security. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2UdqQFl Press Trust of India

In Andhra Pradesh, a 40-year-old government school teacher was taken into custody on Thursday evening for allegedly sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl student at Agiripalli Elementary School in Krishna district, police said. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DyBVeE Press Trust of India

Justice (retired) Madan B Lokur, who once led the public revolt against then CJI Dipak Misra alongside Justice Ranjan Gogoi, no longer sees eye to eye with his long-time associate and the current Chief Justice of India. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2UdJ8Gs FP Staff

Pakistan Chief Justice Saqib Nisar said that the country's Supreme Court will not allow Indian content to be shown on Pakistani TV channels as it "damages culture". from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DvIRco Press Trust of India

Minister for Relief and Rehabilitation Chandrakant Patil, speaking to reporters at Mantralaya after chairing a meeting on drought relief measures, said the government has directed the district collectors to start one or more fodder camps at mandal levels. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Ug597E Press Trust of India

Congress MLA JN Ganesh, in a post on a Facebook page titled "Kampli Congress" accused MLA Singh of trying to finish him off politically besides threatening his family. The absconding MLA claimed it was Singh who first attacked him and also passed derogatory remarks against his family members and also his caste. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2DzPt9N Press Trust of India

A 55-year-old farmer in Madhya Pradesh was taken aback when he got a loan waiver of just Rs 13 instead of Rs 23,815 he was eligible for under a scheme announced by the newly elected Congress government. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2FMQcqn Press Trust of India

The long-range surface-to-air missile - LRSAM - was Thursday "successfully" test-fired from a warship off the coast of Odisha against an aerial target, a significant milestone in enhancing the Navy's anti-air warfare capability. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2FVXkAa Press Trust of India

Indian authorities are imposing a new fees and stricter laws to rein in groundwater use, as the world's biggest extractor struggles to find ways to conserve the fast dwindling resource. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2FMDjN0 Reuters

With the Opposition raising concerns over alleged manipulation of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), the Election Commission is facing one of the toughest challenges in the last seven decades. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2FXGsc9 Aprameya Rao

Justifying its decision to allocate Rs 100 crore for the proposed Bal Thackeray memorial, the Maharashtra government on Thursday told the Bombay High Court that it was within its discretion to allot land or money for a monument for a prominent person and it cannot be questioned in court. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2FOar7g Press Trust of India

Day's top stories: Hearing in Supreme Court on plea challenging Nageswara Rao's appointment; Ram Nath Kovind to address the nation on the eve of the 70th Republic Day; rains along with thunderstorms and hail are expected in Delhi; and more. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2FYE9FW FP Staff

With the Republic Day celebrations just a few days away, take this quiz to check how well aware you are of the 26 January celebration from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2FNIBYz Sunil Dhavala

ISRO's PSLV C44 lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here on Thursday, carrying India's military satellite Microsat-R and students' payload Kalamsat. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2FYTztN Press Trust of India

Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik on Thursday said that he has no information about Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police issuing a summon notice against him. from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2FO3Iu3 Asian News International