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Army chief Bipin Rawat questions need for personnel to move SC over AFSPA

The statement of the army chief comes at the backdrop of over 350 Army officers and soldiers approaching the Supreme Court against any move to dilute the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA)

Sep 5, 2018

Emirates plane quarantined in JFK latest updates: Multiple passengers fall sick on Dubai-New York flight

The Emirates flight had left Dubai early Wednesday, September 5 and initial reports suggested that over 100 passengers have fallen ill. However, Emirates later issued a statement putting the number at 10.

Sep 5, 2018

Amid Rafale spat, Supreme Court to hear petition against fighter jet deal next week

Congress has been demanding the Joint Parliamentary probe onto the deal and it also has asked the Modi government to reveal the prices of the Rafale jets.

Sep 5, 2018

National Conference to boycott Jammu and Kashmir panchayat elections if no clarity on Article 35-A

Last week, the Jammu and Kashmir government had announced the schedule for holding elections to local bodies and panchayats in the state.

Sep 5, 2018

Disclose name of private individuals who accompanied PM Modi on foreign trips: CIC tells MEA

RTI activist Karabi Das has approached the ministry seeking information on expenses incurred on the foreign visits of the prime minister in 2015-16 and 2016-17 along with the list of people who accompanied him.

Sep 5, 2018

Farmers hold anti-govt protest in Delhi; demand increase in pension, waiving of debts

The capital city was a sea of red as the farmers marched from Jantar Mantar to Parliament Street.

Sep 5, 2018

Modi govt turns down Russia's JV proposal with Adani Group for AK-series rifles deal

Russia had proposed the joint venture when Defence Minister of India Nirmala Sitharaman's visited Moscow in April for the production of the AK-103 rifle. AK-103 is an updated modification of the AK-47 rifle, which is extensively used by India's armed forces.

Sep 5, 2018

Rahul Gandhi accused of eating chicken before Kailash Mansarovar Yatra; restaurant clarifies

A restaurant whose waiter had earlier said Congress president Rahul Gandhi had eaten non-vegetarian food there has now said he ate only vegetarian food there. Read to know more.

Sep 5, 2018

Pakistan President Arif Alvi has an India connection - his father was Nehru's dentist

In a three-way contest, the 69-year-old former dentist defeated Pakistan Peoples Party candidate Aitzaz Ahsan and the Pakistan Muslim League-N nominee Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman.

Sep 5, 2018

MP Education Minister sets wrong example on Teacher's Day; ridicules transgenders

The minister said that youngsters should clap in the honour of their teacher, else they will have to go and clap in front of every home in their next birth.

Sep 5, 2018

Boat capsizes in Brahmaputra; two dead, several missing

Reports say that there were around 60 people in the boat including women and children.

Sep 5, 2018

Can't launch government schemes during poll yatra, Rajasthan High Court tells Vasundhara Raje

Raje had recently launched a scheme that promises to give smartphones to 1 crore households in the state.

Sep 5, 2018

Tamil Nadu Gutkha Scam: CBI raids homes of state Health Minister C Vijaybhaskar, DGP

The scam was exposed after the Income Tax department had coducted raids in July last year at the godown, offices and residences of a pan masala and gutkha manufacturer in Tamil Nadu over alleged tax evasion of as much as Rs 250 crore.

Sep 5, 2018

SC dismisses plea seeking ban on Malayalam novel; supports writer's freedom of imagination

The 43-year-old novelist had been subjected to threats on social media for penning down a novel which criticised temple-going women.

Sep 5, 2018

Thai cave rescue: Elon Musk continues to level 'child rapist' accusations at English diver

Elon Musk has once again called Vernon Unsworth — the British diver whose maps helped rescued a Thai boys football team from a cave in July — a paedophile. Read to know more.

Sep 5, 2018