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BCCI's Cricket Advisory Committee member and batting legend VVS Laxman Friday said the their panel wanted Anil Kumble to continue as India's coach but the former captain was bent on quitting after his fallout with skipper Virat Kohli last year.

A division bench of the Calcutta high court on Friday quashed a single-bench order that allowed BJP's 'Rath Yatra' programme in West Bengal. The division bench sent back the matter to the trial court.

US withdrawal from Aghanistan will endanger Indian presence, investment, and stakes in the country, since it is expected to open the floodgates for the return of Taliban and other Pakistani terrorist proxies. Many analysts are now turning their attention to the fertile ground that gave rise to Al Qaeda and 9/11 much before ISIS appeared on the scene.

The government on Friday defended its recent order to authorise 10 central agencies to intercept "any information" on computers even as the opposition was up in arms over the issue.

​Associated Journals Ltd is the publisher of National Herald which has its office at ITO in a building called the Herald House. The Centre in its eviction order mentioned a violation of 56-year-old lease conditions by the publisher The Delhi HC on Friday dismissed publisher's petition challenging Centre's order

A special CBI court on Friday acquitted all 22 accused for the 2005 alleged fake encounters of gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh. While 21 accused were cops from the Gujarat, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh police, one was the owner of the farmhouse where the victim was held before his alleged murder.

In Meerut alone, at least 70 of the 272 seminaries have refused entry to health officials. This is because of WhatsApp messages that the vaccine can make a child impotent. Immunization officers have now set up teams to conduct awareness drives and to inform people that the vaccine is safe.

Former India cricketer Woorkeri Venkat Raman on Thursday was appointed the Indian women's cricket team coach.

The Delhi high court on Friday dismissed Sajjan Kumar's plea seeking an extension of time to surrender in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.

Farm loan waivers are bad news for banks- and for farmers. Anticipating relief, farmers start skipping repayments, impacting bank finances. Banks, in turn, go slow on fresh loans until state governments reimburse the amount written off, which often happens over several years.

BJP on Thursday stepped up its attack on Congress on the AgustaWestland chopper deal and claimed that British middleman Christian Michel was involved in "taking out" classified documents from the country. "There are papers to suggest that Michel engaged the entire UPA cabinet. This shows the kind of influence he had," BJP leader Prakash Javadekar said.

Even as Pakistan continued to claim ownership of Jinnah House in Mumbai, the government declared on Thursday that Islamabad had no locus standi on the issue as the property belonged to India. Pakistan has been demanding that the property be handed over to it for housing its Mumbai consulate.

China insisted that the Belt and Road Initiative, a $1 trillion chain of infrastructure programs across some 70 countries, had peaceful intent. But in Pakistan, the countries are cooperating on distinctly defence-related projects, including a secret plan to build new fighter jets.

On a day former BJP ally Upendra Kushwaha joined the UPA, the saffron party's ties with the Lok Janshakti Party appeared to be in trouble with LJP leader Chirag Paswan asking the central government to explain what benefits demonetisation brought to the country.