1. JK DDC POLLS : 47. 43 per cent voter turnout till 1 PM
In the seventh phase of ongoing eight-phased District Development Council (DDC) polls, 47. 43 per cent voting was recorded across Jammu and Kashmir till 1 PM.
2. Farmers' protest LIVE: Farmers' leaders to take call on SC order today
Farmer union leaders to meet at 4 pm to take a call on SC order. The Supreme Court issued a notice to the Centre and others on a batch of petitions seeking removal of farmers camping at several roads and directed the petitioners to make protesting farmer unions parties to the pleas and posted the matter for hearing on Thursday.
3. Kerala civic polls: Left shines in Kerala local body polls
Four hours since the counting of votes in the Kerala local body polls commenced across the State, the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) shows a clear lead.
4. PM pays tribute to soldiers on 50th anniversary of Vijay Diwas
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday lit the 'Swarnim Vijay Mashaal' from the eternal flame of the National War Memorial here, marking the beginning of the 50th anniversary year celebrations of India's victory over Pakistan in 1971.
5. So traumatizing that I couldn’t give my daughter even a spoon of water: Nirbhaya’s mother
The soul of Nirbhaya, who suffered the worst kind of brutality in 2012, got real peace after a long wait of seven years when her tormentors were hanged to death.
6. Private insurance companies looting farmers: Sidhu
Amid the ongoing farmers protest in and around the national capital, Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday claimed that private crop insurance companies have replaced government insurance companies and are indulged in looting farmers with high premiums and negligible payments for crop failure.
7. NHRC issues guidelines to fast track sexual assault cases
The National Human Rights Commission has come out with the guidelines after it observed that in many cases of alleged rape and sexual assault, there is a substantial delay in medical examination, collection and processing of scientific/forensic evidence.
8. Netizens call for ban on Ashram web series, seek arrest of Prakash Jha
Prakash Jha's web series Ashram has stirred social media storm yet again. Fuming with anger, netizens are calling for a ban on the web series for defaming Hindu saints and culture.
9. Places of religious importance in UP to have solar power
Uttar Pradesh Energy Minister Shrikant Sharma has said that cities having religious significance, including Ayodhya, Mathura, Varanasi, Prayagraj and Gorakhpur, will have clean and green energy by 2024.
10. 'Bali bomber' moved to Jakarta for investigation
Twenty-three suspects were flown under the tight guard of Indonesia’s elite counterterrorism squad from Lampung province on Sumatra island to a police detention centre in Jakarta for further questioning.
