Tamil Nadu's former Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam and his followers began their one day fast on Wednesday demanding a judicial inquiry into the death of former Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa.


Panneerselvam leads hunger strike demanding probe into Jayalalithaa's death


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The UN Security Council will discuss on Wednesday North Korea's latest missile test amidst high tension in the region resulting from the tests and the start of the installation of the THAAD anti-missile shield.


UNSC to discuss N. Korean missile test


Relationship with China is vital for the US and the government is intent in pursuing a more constructive relationship with the Asian nation, a US State Department spokesman has said.


Relationship with China 'vital': US


Facebook will be questioned by a powerful group of British parliamentarians over its failure to remove sexualised images of children following a BBC investigation, a media report said.


Facebook to face British select committee


The Donald Trump administration on Tuesday backed the proposal Republican lawmakers presented to replace the healthcare reform law signed in 2010 by former President Barack Obama, despite the scepticism the plan has aroused among some lawmakers.


Trump backs GOP plan against Obamacare despite scepticism in Congress


Anti-secrecy organisation WikiLeaks on Tuesday released thousands of documents that it said described sophisticated software tools used by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to break into smartphones, computers and even Internet-connected televisions.


Wikileaks releases trove of alleged CIA hacking tools


Britian's upper house, the unelected House of Lords on Tuesday voted to give parliament a veto over the final outcome of Theresa Mays Brexit negotiations, inflicting a second defeat on the governments article 50 bill.


British upper house defeats government for second time on article 50 bill


Cairo, March 8 (IANS/AKI) The Tobruk-based parliament in eastern Libya on Tuesday opted to suspend dialogue with the United Nations backed unity government of Fayez al-Seraj and the 2015 accord that created it, news site Al-Wasat reported.


Tobruk parliament 'halts dialogue with Tripoli'


Police in Assam's Dhemaji district on Tuesday issued a wanted notice against Subodh Biswas, president of All India Nikhil Bharat Bengali UdbastuSamannay Samiti for his alleged role behind the violence in Assam's Silapathar town.


Assam violence: Wanted notice issued against accused


Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Tuesday assured a judicial inquiry into police firing in which three people suspected to be militants were injured in the state's North Garo Hills district.


Meghalaya CM assures judicial probe into police firing


Delhi's GSDP growth rate saw a decline from 8.82 per cent in 2015-16 to 8.26 per cent in 2016-17, according to the advance estimates in Delhi's Economic Survey report, tabled in the assembly on Tuesday.


Delhi's growth rate slips marginally


A portion of the land parcel gifted by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan to a mosque in Nashik district has been declared 'non-Wakf' property allegedly to benefit a Pune-based realtor, two opposition leaders said in the Maharashtra assembly on Tuesday.


Two Maharashtra MLAs demand probe into waqf land 'scam'


A whopping 2,345 entries have been received to compete for the prestigious Prime Ministers Award for Excellence in Public Administration 2017, Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh said on Tuesday.


Over 2,000 entries for PM's Excellence Awards


The violence at Ramjas College reverberated in the Delhi assembly on Tuesday, with the ruling AAP and opposition BJP legislators getting into a heated debate over "supporting anti-nationals".


Ramjas violence triggers heated debate in Delhi assembly


Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that India was developing at a quick pace and was shining as a "bright spot" in the world.


India shining as a bright spot in world: Modi


Underlining that innovation-led entrepreneurship has significant potential to stimulate industrial growth, President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said the country should strive to achieve the asset of a dynamic and robust entrepreneurial eco-system.


Strive to create dynamic entrepreneurial eco-system: President


The mortal remains of veteran socialist leader and former Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray were  consigned to flames at his ancestral village Bhanragad in Odisha's Puri district on Tuesday with full state honours.


Lok Sabha ex-Speaker Rabi Ray accorded state funeral


Shankersinh Vaghela, the opposition leader in the Gujarat assembly, on Tuesday claimed that four Congress MLAs and party leader Gurudas Kamat were getting extortion and threatening calls from a gangster in the last two months.


Congress claims MLAs getting threats from gangster


The Pradesh Police's Special Task Force on Tuesday handed over two accomplices of the state's "fugitive" minister, Gayatri Prajapati, who is the prime accused in a rape case, to the Gautampalli police station, where the initial FIR was  lodged.


Rape-accused UP minister's accomplices brought to Lucknow


The violence at Ramjas College reverberated in the Delhi Assembly on Tuesday with the ruling AAP and opposition BJP legislators getting into a heated debate over "supporting anti-nationals", while the rape threats issued to Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur were denounced by Delhi Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra.


Heated debate in Delhi Assembly over Ramjas violence


The migration of Dalit families from a Haryana village due to tension in the wake of stone-pelting over 'ghurchari' was raised in the assembly on Tuesday, following which the government said a minister and a lawmaker were sent there to resolve the issue.

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