The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which is contesting all the city's seven Lok Sabha seats, on Thursday promised steps to make Delhi the "safest city" in India for women and 33 per cent reservation of police posts for women.


Will make Delhi safest city for women, promises AAP


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Nearly 4,000 military personnel with sweeping police powers to arrest suspects were on Thursday tasked to provide security to churches and other religious places across Sri Lanka in the wake of the Easter Sunday bombings.


SL military gets sweeping powers to protect religious places


Better employment opportunities, better hospitals and primary healthcare centres, and better law and order are the top three priorities of Jharkhand voters and the state government fares low on all these counts, an ADR survey has shown.


Jharkhand performs low on jobs, health and policing: ADR


Nineteen students have committed suicide in Telangana during last one week over the failure in the Intermediate examinations, according to media reports.


19 Telangana students commit suicide in one week


Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) General Secretary T.T.V. Dhinakaran on Thursday questioned the inordinate delay in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the Pollachi sexual abuse-cum-blackmail case.


Delay in CBI probing Pollachi sex abuse case: Dhinakaran


Veteran actor Anupam Kher will be with actor-turned-politician and Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher when she files her nomination papers for the Chandigarh seat.


Anupam to be with Kirron Kher when she files nomination


In the midst of elections, environmentalists have flagged concerns over "patchy recognition of the problem of unhealthy air" by MPs over the past five years, particularly those representing the cities and towns that figure in WHOs list of most polluted cities.


Greens decry patchy recognition of air pollution, asks MPs to be pro-active


Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, on Thursday received a traditional Maori greeting from New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern as he began his two-day tour of the country.


UK's Prince William given Maori greeting in NZ


North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday came together for the very first time and held a summit where the two nations pledged for better ties and expressed hope that the historic meeting will revive the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.


Kim, Putin pledge better ties at 1st summit (2nd Lead)


The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to Election Commission to take appropriate action against opposition party workers for making sexist remarks against Trinamool candidate Mahua Moitra during an election campaign in West Bengal.


Sexist remarks against TMC candidate: SC asks EC to act


Veteran actor Anupam Kher will be with actor-turned-politician and Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher when she will be filing her nomination papers for Chandigarh.


Anupam to be with Kirron Kher when filing nomination


A Delhi court on Thursday asked Congress leader Jairam Ramesh to appear before it on May 9 after he skipped the hearing on Thursday in connection with a defamation case filed by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval's son Vivek Doval.


Jairam Ramesh skips court in Doval defamation case


Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held their first ever summit here on Thursday, with the two nations expressing hope that the historic meeting will revive the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.


Putin, Kim Jong-un hold first ever summit


Stand-up comedian Hasan Minhaj has called out US President Donlad Trump's son-in-law and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner for his ties to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.


Hasan Minhaj calls out Jared Kushner over Saudi ties


Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un came face-to-face for the first time ever in Vladivostok on Thursday, where the two leaders are slated to kick-off a summit.


Putin, Kim meet for 1st time in Vladivostok


India has stressed Africa's right to representation among the ranks of the permanent members of the UN Security Council in an effort to bring in a sense of urgency to the long-stalled reform process.


India pushes African right to permanent UNSC seat


Deutsche Bank has begun the process of providing financial records to the New York state Attorney General in response to a subpoena for documents related to loans made to President Donald Trump and his business, an informed source said.


Deutsche Bank begins providing Trump financial records


A group of farmers' organisations, including the RSS- affiliated Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), on Wednesday demanded withdrawal of legal suits filed by food and beverages giant PepsiCo India against nine potato growers in north Gujarat for growing a particular variety of potatoes, which the company claims it has sole rights to make its popular brand of Lay's chips.


Farmer bodies protest PepsiCo suits against potato growers


The Telangana Police on Wednesday arrested a student from Andhra Pradesh for making and sharing online a "derogatory" video about Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao.


Andhra student arrested for making derogatory video of KCR


The upcoming Economic Survey for 2019-20 may have some new prescriptions that can address travails of the large sections of farmers who roil under low income for their produce, big loans and lose foodgrains for lack of proper logistical facilities.


Eco Survey may prescribe higher crop support prices


At least 51 people have died after heavy rains battered South Africa, authorities said on Wednesday.

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