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Never said J&K conflict was ‘Hindu India versus Muslim Kashmir’, says Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Mirwaiz, who is also the chief cleric of the Valley’s main mosque, spoke to HT’s Ashiq Hussain about the meeting and the Hurriyat’s desire for a peaceful resolution of the Kashmir problem. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq , chairman of the Hurriyat Conference, an umbrella organisation of separatist groups in Kashmir, and his colleagues met former Norwegian prime minister Kjell Magne Bondevik in the Valley last month. wiki                     source

Opinion: Yogi Adityanath, not demonetisation, is PM Modi’s biggest blunder, writes Shekhar Gupta Even if it paid rich dividends in Uttar Pradesh elections soon after, Modi erred in gifting away that incredible success to Yogi Adityanath who no one had voted for. Demonetisation broke his government’s economic momentum. Yogi Adityanath may wreck his immediate political future. There is a wise Punjabi metaphor that applies universally: One who’s a disaster in Lahore, will also be a disaster in Peshawar. wiki                  source

UK court to give verdict in Vijay Mallya extradition case today A court in the United Kingdom will decide on Vijay Mallya’s extradition to India on Monday to face charges of financial irregularities running into thousands of crores but the businessman is unlikely to return anytime soon. A court in the United Kingdom will decide on Vijay Mallya’s extradition to India on Monday to face charges of financial irregularities running into thousands of crores but the businessman is unlikely to return anytime soon. wiki                     source

No mob lynching in Uttar Pradesh, Bulandshahr incident an accident: Yogi Adityanath Law is taking its course in Bulandshahr, Yogi Adityanath said, referring to the mob violence that broke out earlier this week after cow carcasses were found strewn around, claiming the lives of inspector Subodh Kumar and 20-year-old Sumit Kumar. The killing of a police inspector during violent clashes in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr earlier this week was an accident and not a case of mob lynching, state chief minister Yogi Adityanath said on Friday as state police focused their search on a soldier who allegedly fired the shot that...

Election exit polls results 2018: KCR has an edge in Telangana, Cong snatches Rajasthan Exit Polls Results 2018 LIVE Updates : The exit polls show Congress surging ahead in Rajasthan, a close contest between the BJP and grand old party in MP and Chhattisgarh, clear edge for TRS in Telangana and a close fight between MNF and Congress in… Voters in the states of Telanganaand Rajasthan exercised their franchise on Friday. The voting started at 7am in 13 Maoist-affected constituencies of Telangana and at 8am in other parts of the state and in Rajasthan. Initially slow, the voting picked up later with EVM...

India vs Australia live cricket score, 1st Test Day 3 in Adelaide: Rahul nears fifty India vs Australia 1st Test in Adelaide Highlights: Catch all the action of the third day of the first Test of the four-match series between Australia and India at the Adelaide Oval through our live blog. Live updates: India openers KL Rahul and Murali Vijay have put on a good partnership for the first wicket as the visitiors’ lead cross the 50-run mark. This after the bowlers helped India take a 15-run first innings lead. Australia were bowled out for 235 with Jasprit Bumrah and R Ashwin...

Lanka crisis: Supreme Court reserves verdict on petitions against Sirisena’s decision to dissolve Parliament The island nation has been in a political crisis since October 26 when Sirisena removed Wickremesinghe and installed ex-strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa in his place. Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Friday reserved its verdict on a bunch of petitions against President Maithripala Sirisena’s controversial decisions to dissolve Parliament and call for a snap election after sacking prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that triggered a major constitutional crisis in the country. wiki                        source

Supreme Court junks PIL against Arun Jaitley, fines lawyer Rs 50,000 The Supreme Court bench expressed displeasure at the way Sharma had made the finance minister the main party in the PIL. Although, the lawyer offered to delete the minister’s name, the bench was still not inclined to hear the matter. The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a public interest litigation accusing finance minister Arun Jaitley of seeking to tap the capital reserves of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to waive loans to big corporate houses and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the petitioner, advocate ML Sharma. wiki ...

Happy Birthday Dharmendra: Bollywood’s Jat Yamla who is all muscle and heart To several generations of film lovers starting from the 1960s right up to the 1980s, Dharmendra was a dashing hero like none other — muscular yet childlike and utterly romantic. Actor Hema Malini, when asked how she fell in love with Dharmendra, has often said that she had never met a man as handsome as him. In the early 1970s, he was voted as the 10 most handsome men in the world, this in an era where there was no internet, and hardly any television. To an entire...

Rahul’s interview paid news, take action against him: BJP to EC BJP approached the Election Commission demanding action against the Congress and its president Rahul Gandhi for his recent interview. The BJP Friday approached the Election Commission demanding action against the Congress and its president Rahul Gandhi for his interview published in an English daily on Thursday, claiming it is a “shining example” of paid news. wiki                       source