Pakistan's anti-graft watchdog on Friday arrested former President Asif Ali Zardari's sister and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Faryal Talpur in a case related to money laundering through fake bank accounts.


NAB arrests Zardari's sister in fake bank accounts case


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The legal team of Indonesias opposition leader on Friday demanded the annulment of the April general elections due to alleged irregularities.


Indonesian opposition demands annulment of polls


The full extradition hearing for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US will begin in February 2020, a London court ruled on Friday.


UK court sets Assange US extradition hearing for 2020


A panel, headed by ruling NDA constituent Shiv Sena's President Uddhav Thackeray, has reportedly bypassed the Maharashtra government to select a prominent architect for the planned Balasaheb Thackeray Memorial, a RTI reply has revealed.


Uddhav-led Thackeray memorial panel chose architect on own: RTI


Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators from Punjab on Friday met officials of the Ministry of External Affairs, urging them to ensure the safe return of two Punjabi women "trapped" in Australia and Kuwait.


AAP asks MEA to ensure return of two women from Punjab stranded abroad


The Southern Railway on Friday withdrew its circular that instructed station masters and train operation control officials to communicate only in Hindi or in English to avoid misunderstanding.


Southern Railway withdraws circular on Hindi usage


Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a two-day trip to Iran sought to mediate a de-escalation in tensions between Washington and Tehran and offer to broker dialogue between the two countries, but his bid was rejected by Iran, officials here said on Friday.


Abe fails to broker dialogue between Iran, US


A week after IANS reported how internet telephony was helping gangsters make a killing from NCR jails, authorities in Tihar jail conducted a surprise check and found two high-end Android mobile phones hidden beneath the bedsheet and pillow of former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala who is lodged there, an officer said on Friday.


Android phones found in ex-Haryana CM Chautala's Tihar jail cell


The Uttar Pradesh Police attached the house of BSP MP Atul Rai on Friday for not presenting himself before the court in an alleged rape case.


UP Police attaches BSP MP's house in rape case


Under fire over the deteriorating law and order situation in the state, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Friday, transferred  six senior police officers.


Yogi transfers six top police officers in UP


West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abesh Banerjee, who is a medical student, on Friday came out in support of the protesting doctors at the state-run hospitals.


Mamata's aspiring doctor nephew stands with protesting colleagues


With his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan listening, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the countries which "promote, support and fund" terrorism must be held accountable.


Nations supporting terror must be held accountable: Modi


Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan broke the diplomatic protocol at the opening ceremony of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit held in Kyrgyzstan's capital and was trolled online for the embarrassing move.


Imran Khan in seating gaffe at SCO summit


The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Bombay High Court order for registration of FIR against Dhananjay Munde, the Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council, in an alleged land grab case.


SC stays Bombay HC order of FIR against Munde


A group of West Bengal intellectuals on Friday stood by the agitating junior doctors at the NRS Medical College and Hospital here and urged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to speak to the striking doctors to normalize the situation.


Bengal intellectuals stand by striking doctors


The Yogi Adityanath government has failed to achieve its target of purchasing 55 lakh metric tonne (MT) of wheat from farmers at Minimum Support Price (MSP) during the kharif season from March to May.


UP falters in wheat procurement target


Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday launched the Mukhyamantri Vriddha Pension Yojna for poor people above 60 years of age in the state.


Bihar launches pension scheme for poor


Health services in West Bengal's state-run hospitals on Friday remained disrupted as protesting doctors continued their strike despite repeated requests by patients' families to start treatment.


Patients' kin implore as Bengal doctor's strike continues


Two Rashtriya Janata Dal leaders were shot at and seriously injured by unidentified gunmen on Friday in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, police said.


2 RJD leaders shot, seriously injured


The National Geographic Society has announced the successful installation of the worlds highest operating weather stations on Mount Everest to provide researchers, climbers, and the public with near real-time information about mountain conditions, the media reported.


World's highest operating weather stations installed on Everest


Late Manohar Parrikar was a virtual 'university' of political nitty-gritty, whose initial successes as a Chief Minister were unfortunately washed away by subsequent u-turns and failure to keep populist promises, Sadguru Patil, author of the former Defence Minister's first biography 'Goa, Politics and Parrikar', said.

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