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The Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, has predicted a cyclone hit in northern parts of Tamil Nadu due to depression in the Andaman Sea. Fishermen have been asked to stay away from the sea with special weather warning.

Security forces on Saturday gunned down two terrorists in an encounter in the Tikken area of south Kashmir's Pulwama district.

Sabarimala advisory board chairman TK Nair said to media that the Centre might keep Sabarimala issue alive till 2019 Parliamentary election. And they may also be hoping this issue might bring in a negative influence on post-flood measures and development work of the Kerala government led by the LDF.

'Assam will burn if they continue to push the bill. If the bill is passed in Parliament, the situation will worsen and the recruitment for ULFA-I, the anti-talk faction, will increase,' Anup Chetia said

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The row was sparked off last Friday when RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya in a hard-hitting speech warned that undermining central bank's independence could be "potentially catastrophic", possible indication of the RBI being pushed to relax its policies ahead of general elections next year.

The twin evils of corruption and nepotism are at their peak in Jammu and Kashmir, says Pal Malik

Senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily has exhibited a “welcome” gesture to the TDP to join them in an alliance against the BJP-led NDA government. The TDP dropped out of the NDA alliance earlier this year as the Centre refused to consider Andhra Pradesh's request to grant them special status.

In a statement issued by the Union finance ministry, the Centre emphasized that the governments in India have “nurtured and respected” the governance requirement.

The court is hearing petitions, including those filed by former ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie, questioning the jet deal between India and France and the choice of Anil Ambani's inexperienced Reliance Defence as India partner for Rafale maker Dassault.