- The denial of visa to Peoples Democratic Party spokesperson Naeem Akhtar is in line with a toughening of Pakistan’s position over the past year on Jammu and Kashmir, especially after the cancellation of Foreign Secretary-level talks by India over High Commissioner Abdul Basit’s discussions with Hurriyat leaders.
- The outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) has called a ‘Dandakaranya Bandh’ for Friday in protest against the Polavaram dam project and the “all-out war” by the Government of India to “flush out Maoists from Bastar.”
- Virtually rebutting the criticism by leading banker Deepak Parekh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said the government was being criticised for being ‘too fast’.
- Black money issue getting low priority: Swamy
- Modi to visit Sri Lanka next month, PM and Sirisena likely to discuss Indian investment in infrastructure.
- Sri Lanka plans to sign n-pact with Pakistan.
- Strategic Forces Command personnel test-fired the nuclear-weapons-capable Prithvi-II missile from Chandipur in Balasore district of Odisha on Thursday for a range of 250 km as against its full strike range of 350 km.
- Academic governance vulnerable to politics:Amartya Sen , Says no for second term as Nalanda varsity Chancellor.
- Pak. seeks U.S. military assistance against militants in North Waziristan.
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