India, All india, 3rd Oct 2018, News & Stories from India

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Kulbhushan Jadhav, 47, was sentenced to death in April last year on spying charges. (Photo: File | PTI)

ICJ to hold public hearing in Kulbhushan Jadhav case from February 18 to 21

ICJ had restrained Pakistan from executing Kulbhushan Jadhav till adjudication of the case.

03 Oct 2018 8:52 PM

Justice Ranjan Gogoi sworn in as the 46th Chief Justice of India on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Justice Ranjan Gogoi becomes first Chief Justice of India from Northeast

Born on November 18, 1954, Justice Gogoi hails from Dibrugarh and is son of former Assam chief minister Keshab Chandra Gogoi.

03 Oct 2018 8:18 PM

The cabinet has approved a Rs 105 per quintal hike in wheat MSP to Rs 1,840 for 2018-19 season, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said. (Photo: File | PTI)

After farmers march to Delhi, Govt hikes wheat MSP by Rs 105 per quintal

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved higher minimum support price for Rabi crops.

03 Oct 2018 7:56 PM

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said fishermen have been advised to reach safer coast by Friday, October 5. (Photo: AP)

Kerala: Red alert in Idukki, Thrissur, Palakkad, heavy rain on Sunday

Red alert comes after Met dept issued warning about a low-pressure area in the Arabian Sea, close to Sri Lankan coast.

03 Oct 2018 7:17 PM

India to deport seven Rohingya immigrants to Myanmar

In a first, seven Rohingya immigrants will be sent back to Myanmar. They will be handed over at Moreh border post in Manipur on Thursday.

03 Oct 2018 6:20 PM

Two Indian Air Force aircraft -- C-130J and C-17 -- departed on Wednesday morning with medical personnel and relief material. (Photo: Twitter | @MEAIndia)

Op Samudra Maitri: India sends relief material to Indonesia after quake, tsunami

India dispatched two aircraft and three naval ships carrying relief material to provide assistance to earthquake and tsunami victims.

03 Oct 2018 5:35 PM

Mayawati had earlier announced that the BSP will tie up with Ajit Jogi's party for the Chhattisgarh Assembly polls. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Jolt to 'mahagathbandhan': Mayawati won't ally with Congress in Rajasthan, MP

Mayawati also said Congress is more interested in destroying BSP than dislodging the BJP.

03 Oct 2018 5:31 PM

Justice Ranjan Gogoi took oath as the 46th Chief Justice of India. (Photo: PTI)

No urgent hearing of cases allowed till parameters fixed: CJI Ranjan Gogoi

'We will work out the parameters, then we will see as to how mentioning will be done,' CJI Ranjan Gogoi.

03 Oct 2018 5:18 PM

On October 28, the Supreme Court lifted the ban on entry of women of menstrual age into Sabarimala temple. (Photo: File | PTI)

‘Accept Sabarimala verdict, will make arrangements for women’: Kerala CM

Travancore Devaswom Board has not taken any decision to go for any review in this regard, Pinarayi Vijayan said.

03 Oct 2018 2:52 PM

The protesters ransacked a police outpost and an information centre near the Singhadwara as well as the town police station, besides burning tyres and indulging in stone pelting. (Photo: File)

Odisha: Violence in Puri over queue system in Jagannath Temple, 9 policemen injured

Shutdown called by Sri Jagannath Sena turned violent as a mob barged in, uprooted barricades and ransacked office of Temple Administration.

03 Oct 2018 2:51 PM

'We have got a good package, got a lot of advantages in Rafale deal,' Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa said. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

'Rafale will be game-changer when it comes to subcontinent': IAF chief

Dassault Aviation selected offset partner and govt and IAF had no role in it, says Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa.

03 Oct 2018 2:06 PM

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said it's important who occupies the seat of power and a government doing a good job should remain in office. (Photo: File | PTI)

‘Even Oppn can’t oppose Ram temple in Ayodhya’, says Mohan Bhagwat

At a function, Bhagwat said RSS and BJP are committed to construct Ram temple in Ayodhya but certain things take time.

03 Oct 2018 1:14 PM

Bishop Franco Mulakkal is currently under judicial remand in a sub-jail in Pala in Kottayam district. (Photo: File)

Kerala HC rejects Bishop Franco Mulakkal's bail plea in nun rape case

The court also took note of the submission by the prosecution that the investigation in the case was at a crucial stage.

03 Oct 2018 12:49 PM

PM Modi was selected in the leadership category for his pioneering work in championing the International Solar Alliance and for his unprecedented pledge to eliminate all single-use plastic in India by 2022. (Photo:@antonioguterres | Twitter)

PM Modi awarded UN's highest environmental honour

The 'Champions of The Earth Award' was presented for his exemplary leadership and advocating action on climate change.

03 Oct 2018 12:43 PM

The Delhi High Court had on Monday freed Navlakha from house arrest, five weeks after he along with four other rights activists were arrested in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence in Maharashtra. (Photo: File)

Maharashtra govt moves SC against Delhi HC order ending house arrest of activist

The plea was filed in the apex court registry on Wednesday morning challenging the Delhi High Court order.

03 Oct 2018 11:48 AM

As CJI, Gogoi will head the three-judge Bench for the controversial Ayodhya case which is slated to be held later this month. (Photo: PTI)

Justice Ranjan Gogoi sworn in as 46th Chief Justice of India by Prez Kovind

Justice Gogoi, the first CJI from the north-east, will succeed Dipak Misra and serve a tenure of 13 months up to November 17, 2019.

03 Oct 2018 10:58 AM

The five members have been identified as Sayub (36), his wife Safiya Kathum (29), his brother Irshad (27), Safiya's brother Anwar Shah (11) and her six-month-old baby Safiyan. United Nations (UN) refugee Identity cards were recovered from them. (Photo: ANI)

5-member Rohingya family detained, interrogated by Kerala police

As per the preliminary probe, the family arrived from Hyderabad to Thiruvananthapuram on Monday night.

03 Oct 2018 10:50 AM

'In the coming years, when the world discusses initiatives for the welfare of humanity in the 21st century, International Solar Alliance's name will be at the top. We have prepared everyone to ensure climate justice through this ISA forum,' PM Modi said. (Photo: File)

India-led solar alliance will outshine OPEC, says PM Modi

'The role of the oil wells today will be that of the Sun's rays tomorrow,' PM Modi said at the meeting in New Delhi.

03 Oct 2018 9:37 AM

The activists held aloft placards, stating that the court was not bigger than Lord Ayyappa and demanded that the state and central government enact suitable legislation to maintain the age old ban. (Photo: File)

Woman tries to set herself afire amid protests against Sabarimala verdict

On October 28, a five-judge constitution bench headed by Dipak Misra lifted the ban on entry of women of menstrual age into the shrine.

03 Oct 2018 8:43 AM

Baghpat's District Magistrate Rishirendra Kumar confirmed that the family members changed their religion as they weren't satisfied with the police investigation into the death of Akhtar's son a few months ago. (Representational Image)

'Will son's death now be probed as murder?', asks Muslim man who embraced hinduism

The man changed his religion along with 12 of his family members and submitted affidavit testifying that change of religion was voluntary.

03 Oct 2018 8:36 AM

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