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The Supreme Court Monday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to provide security "forthwith" to the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Board of Wakf Chairperson Zafar Ahmed Farooqui as he claimed a threat to his life.

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval highlighted the role media played today in the fight against terrorism. He also asked security and intelligence agencies to take the media into confidence when it comes to terror investigation and warnings, since the media is a "very important organ to fight terrorism".

Chinmayanand Rape Case: A magisterial court prosecuting a woman law student and her three male friends for allegedly trying to extort money from Chinmayanand, a BJP leader accused of sexually exploiting the woman, on Monday adjourned the hearing of the case to October 26.

The chief of the top Sikh body - Akal Takht - called for a ban on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Monday, saying that allowing it to operate freely would only "divide" the nation. The RSS is the ideological mentor of the BJP which rules the centre.

Postpaid cell phones started buzzing in Kashmir from noon on Monday as promised by the administration. But outgoing calls were another matter.

A truck driver from Rajasthan was shot dead on Monday by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian, police said.

The centre is likely to allow veteran BJP leaders LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi to stay in their official bungalows on security grounds, sources said.

Abhijit Banerjee, Economics Nobel winner this year along with his wife Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer, recently delivered a sharp critique of the Indian economy and rated the fall in consumption as "extremely serious".

Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee, who won the Nobel Prize for Economics today, said he went back to bed after receiving news of his monumental achievement.

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Monday said he was "very very happy and delighted" over Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee jointly winning the Nobel in Economics.

Syria today welcomed India's position on the military offensive by Turkey saying it appreciates New Delhi's stand on the issue.

Compliments flooded the social media when Indian-American economist Abhijit Banerjee and two others won the Nobel Prize for Economics for their efforts at alleviating global poverty on Monday. But it was a tweet from Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister and Mr Banerjee's fellow-alumnus from the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, that stood out from the rest.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday expressed concern over the rising instances of farmers in Bihar setting agricultural residue on fire and warned that the cultivators burning stubble in fields will be deprived of government benefits.

The CBI has charged seven persons for allegedly being part of international WhatsApp groups in which child porn images were being shared, officials said Monday.

Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Monday defended the communication blockade in the valley saying safety of Kashmiris was more important than mobile services which the terrorists use for their activities and mobilisation.