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Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader KK Ragesh on Sunday slammed JNU Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar for allegedly 'suppressing freedom of speech' saying "you are the head of this educational institute, not the Superintendent of Tihar jail."

The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board on Sunday said it will not file a review petition in the Supreme Court against the Ayodhya verdict. The board was one of the main litigants in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case.

Expressing strong reservation on the AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi's remark on the Supreme Court's Ayodhya verdict, Union Minister Giriraj Singh said that "some people are trying to create rift in society and incite it" which is "not good for the country".

India has granted visa-on-arrival facility to the citizens of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with an aim to enhance people-to-people contacts and trade relations, officials said on Sunday.

Union Minister Giriraj Singh has said he would retire from politics "the day a legislation is enacted to control population" in the country.

It was only once in last 67 years of Rajya Sabha's history that its presiding officer voted on any legislation. He voted in favour of opposition, according to a publication released on Sunday to mark the landmark 250th session of the upper house.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday directed the state's top officials to ensure speedy, time-bound investigations and trial against the men responsible for allegedly kidnapping and beating a Sangrur-based Dalit man to death in Patiala district.

Former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Sunday criticised the Supreme Court's judgment in the Ayodhya issue, but said the Muslim community should accept it. Mr Sinha was speaking at the Mumbai Lit Fest.

Shoot-at-sight orders have been issued to security forces deployed in Maoist-hit areas after a "serious and new" threat of possession and operation of drones by the terrorists came to light recently, officials said on Sunday.

Jharkhand's ruling NDA constituent, the All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) Party, on Sunday announced a third list of eight candidates for the upcoming Jharkhand Assembly polls, taking the total number of nominees to 27.

India Post released a special cover on Mahatma Gandhi's ''Young India'' magazine to commemorate his 150th birth anniversary.

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has said that a final decision on the formation of the next government in Maharashtra by the proposed Congress-NCP-Shiv Sena ally will be taken in the next couple of days.

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) is not a party to the Ayodhya land dispute case and so does not have the right to file a review petition, said Varun Sinha, lawyer of the All India Hindu Mahasabha.

Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde will be sworn-in as the 47th Chief Justice of India on Monday.

A day after Rajneet Singh, son of former BJP MLA Sardar Tara Singh, was arrested in connection with the Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank scam, the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Police on Sunday conducted a search at his Sion residence, an official said.