India, All india, 27th Sep 2017, News & Stories from India

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J&K Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Farooq Ahmad Dar was a mastermind, leader of stone-pelters: JK Deputy CM

His comments contradict the J&K Police which had said that Dar, who had gone to cast his vote, was a victim of 'wrongful confinement'.

27 Sep 2017 9:14 PM

Heavy police personnel deployed at Banaras Hindu University where students were holding a protest in Varanasi, late on Saturday night. (Photo: PTI)

Won't allow BHU to be turned into political battleground: UP Deputy CM

The deputy chief minister paid a visit to the famous Vindhyavasini shrine in Mirzapur.

27 Sep 2017 8:34 PM

No free power for poor under Saubhagya; demand to rise by 28GW

The scheme is expected to increase the energy requirement by 28,000 MW per year.

27 Sep 2017 6:49 PM

Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Union minister Piyush Goyal. (Photo: rajnathsingh.in)

BJP refutes Yashwant Sinha's remark, says Indian economy fastest growing in world

Singh, who was responding to a question on Sinha's remarks, said no one should forget these facts about the country.

27 Sep 2017 5:22 PM

Separatist leader Shabir Shah's custody extended till Oct 13

ED had filed the chargesheet on September 23.

27 Sep 2017 5:03 PM

The picture used by Pakistan's Ambassador to the UN was reported by a number of media outlets as that of Rawia Abu Joma'a, a 17-year-old girl injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza city in 2014. (Photo: Twitter)

Surprised to see my photo at UN, unfair for dignity of Palestinian girl: Heidi Levine

The photojournalist also confirmed that the photograph was taken during the war between Israel and the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.

27 Sep 2017 4:54 PM

Kaskar was taken into custody from Haseena Parkar's house on the night of September 18 by a team led by Pradeep Sharma, encounter specialist and Anti-Extortion Cell's senior inspector. (Photo: File)

Extortion case: Dawood's brother Iqbal Kaskar, 2 others sent to 4-day police custody

During the interrogation by the Intelligence Bureau, Kaskar confirmed that his brother Dawood Ibrahim is in Pakistan.

27 Sep 2017 4:16 PM

A column of Indian Army while operating along Indo-Myanmar border was fired upon by unidentified insurgents, to which they reacted swiftly and brought down heavy retaliatory fire on the insurgents. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Army inflicts casualties on Naga insurgents along Indo-Myanmar border

Official security sources said that it was not a surgical strike and also reiterated that the troops did not cross the Int'l border.

27 Sep 2017 3:21 PM

The minister of state in the Prime Minister's Office spoke after paying a pictorial homage to martyrs of Jammu and Kashmir Police and slain Army officer Lt Ummer Fayyaz here on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI/File)

There's no Kashmir issue, only concern is to retrieve PoK: Jitendra Singh

underlined the central government's 'proactive' steps in bringing development to the Valley.

27 Sep 2017 2:47 PM

Taking a jibe at Modi government's economic policy, Rahul shared on Twitter Sinha's opinion piece published in the Indian Express newspaper. (Photo: PTI/File)

Wings have fallen off our plane: Rahul mocks at Ex-FM's article

Earlier, senior Cong leader P Chidambaram also questioned the Centre as to whether it would now admit the truth that economy is sinking.

27 Sep 2017 1:42 PM

Sinha, a former finance minister, hogged the limelight and started trending high on social media this morning, after he criticised his own government for sinking economy in an article. (Photo: File)

Note ban a 'disaster', says BJP's Yashwant Sinha; Cong calls for reality check

Sinha further said that the economy is on a downward spiral and many in the BJP do not dare to speak up against it out of fear.

27 Sep 2017 12:49 PM

Practise in the southern states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh and parts of western India, the devadasi system, which 'dedicates' girls to a life of sex work in the name of religion, continues despite being outlawed in 1988. (Photo: YouTube/Screengrab)

Devadasi system still prevalent, 'naked' minor girls in temples of TN

The girls are dressed as brides and then 'their dresses are removed, virtually leaving them naked'.

27 Sep 2017 12:20 PM

The US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis calls on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in New Delhi (Photo: PIB)

Enhanced cooperation between Indo-US, discussed during Mattis, Modi meet

Mattis briefed the prime minister on the progress in advancing the bilateral agenda and implementing the decisions taken during that visit.

27 Sep 2017 12:08 PM

The Pakistani woman had tweeted to External Affairs Minister seeking help for the early process of her daughter's visa for which she had applied in August. (Photo: PTI/File)

Sushma grants medical visa to 7-yr-old Pak girl for open-heart surgery

The Pakistani woman had tweeted to the EAM seeking help for the early process of her daughter's visa for which she had applied in August.

27 Sep 2017 10:50 AM

The chief minister said the proctorial board of the university should have taken timely measures to ensure that the trouble did not escalate. (Photo: PTI/File)

BHU incident a 'conspiracy' by anti-social elements: Yogi

A number of students, including women, and two journalists were injured in a baton-charge by the police in BHU on Saturday night.

27 Sep 2017 10:39 AM

The Pakistan army on Wednesday targeted forward posts along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district with mortars and small arms fire. (Representational Image)

J&K: Pakistan violates ceasefire, targets forward posts in Poonch

Pak army initiated unprovoked and indiscriminate firing of small arms, automatic and mortars in Poonch and Bhimbher Gali sectors along LoC.

27 Sep 2017 10:09 AM

Interacting with small and medium entrepreneurs, teachers and doctors at Hemu Gandhavi Auditorium in Rajkot, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said the GST has hit the small and medium industry badly. (Photo: File | PTI)

PM does not listen; GST, note ban hit economy: Rahul Gandhi

Rahul said Modi's decision of scrapping high-denomination currency notes shocked even the 'world's best economists'.

27 Sep 2017 9:34 AM

A number of students were hurt when clashes broke out between the police and students of the BHU after the students started protesting against alleged molestation of a girl. (Photo: File | PTI)

BHU chief proctor resigns, takes 'moral responsibility' for incidents

Professor O N Singh submitted his resignation letter to the Vice Chancellor, Girish Chandra Tripathi.

27 Sep 2017 8:57 AM

As per the Millennium Development Goals India Country Report 2015, the proportion of underweight children below three years was estimated at 52 per cent in 1990. (Photo: Representational Image/PTI)

A ‘women-centric’ approach for gains in nutrition

On the one hand, there are states like Kerala and Goa which have a low burden of undernutrition.

27 Sep 2017 3:15 AM

Government announces digitisation of warehouse registrations

Paswan said that these initiatives would revolutionise the marketing of agricultural commodities.

27 Sep 2017 3:08 AM

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