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Union defence minister Rajnath Singh said Friday the country wants to have friendly relations with its neighbours, but it will not be done at the cost of national security. "If the neighbours extend a hand of friendship, then we will not let them down," he said while inaugurating the 90th annual pilgrimage of Sivagiri mutt at Varkala. http://dlvr.it/Sg9yPF

President Droupadi Murmu on Friday condoled the passing away of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother Heeraben. Murmu said Modi imbibed the values of Heeraben in his life. http://dlvr.it/Sg7bJM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to 10th Sikh Guru Gobind Singh on his birth anniversary. His unparalleled courage will continue to motivate people for years to come, Modi tweeted, and posted a previous clip of his speech lauding the guru. http://dlvr.it/Sg52LG

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Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi visited Veer Bhumi, Shakti Sthal and Shanti Van, the memorials of former prime ministers Rajiv Gandhi, Indira Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru. Rahul Gandhi also visited Rajghat, the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi, and Vijay Ghat, the memorial of former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. http://dlvr.it/Sfy1vm

Cold conditions intensified in Kashmir as the minimum temperature dipped several degrees below the freezing point and many places experienced the season's coldest night, officials said Sunday. The intense cold conditions led to freezing of water supply lines in many areas as well as the freezing of the interiors of the Dal Lake, officials said. http://dlvr.it/SfvyGS

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday stopped his Bharat Jodo Yatra near Apollo hospital in Delhi to give way to an ambulance. Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Rahul entered Delhi from the Badarpur border in Haryana in the morning. Bharat Jodo Yatra has already covered nearly 3,000 kms and will cover 12 states travelling a total of 3,570 kms before culminating in Jammu and Kashmir in January end. http://dlvr.it/Sft30C

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India is set to usher in a revolution in the global fertiliser space with its nano fertiliser technology even as eight such production plants will start functioning in the country by 2025, Minister of Chemicals and Fertilisers Mansukh Mandaviya informed Parliament on Tuesday. http://dlvr.it/SfjZFP

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More than 15,000 vacancies in various government departments were filled in three years while the selection process for 8,000 more was in progress, Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (SSB) chairman Rajesh Sharma said. http://dlvr.it/SfbSsL

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated, dedicated, and laid foundation stones for various projects worth Rs 2,450 crore in Shillong as part of the golden jubilee celebrations of the North Eastern Council (NEC). The Prime Minister is on a day-long visit to the northeastern states. http://dlvr.it/SfbSjY

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India and Nepal on Friday began the 16th edition of the joint military training exercise to share theoretical and practical experiences in jungle warfare related to counter-terrorism military skills as well as disaster management. A team from the Indian Army arrived in Nepal on Wednesday to participate in the "Surya Kiran" military training exercises taking place at Saljhandi in the Rupandehi district of Lumbini Zone near the Nepal-India border. http://dlvr.it/SfWB5w

The Bharat Jodo Yatra, which started from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7, is passing through Rajasthan. The yatra will complete 100 days on Friday. http://dlvr.it/SfSKX6

The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, Mehbooba Mufti said that while the government has no answer to China occupying our land, it was taking away the land allotted on lease to the people in Jammu and Kashmir. http://dlvr.it/SfP9kp

The Supreme Court on Tuesday fixed January 10 for hearing a bunch of petitions challenging the contentious Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, enacted in furtherance of the Assam Accord of 1985, which allowed grant of citizenship to those persons of Indian origin from Bangladesh entering Assam before January 1, 1966. http://dlvr.it/SfL5SN

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Holding that nothing indicates money was collected from Mumbai’s bars on the instructions of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh except for approver Sachin Waze’s statement, the Bombay high court on Monday granted bail on merit to the 73-year-old politician. http://dlvr.it/SfGyXP

For over three months, the book-lugging girl with the quick smile was a fixture at the MGM Medical College canteen in Indore. Cheerful and sprightly, she easily made friends — from the canteen boys to the students hanging around over chai and chit-chat. No one took her for anything else but a young medical student or a nurse. No one had a clue the friendly fresher was a keen-eyed policewoman cutting her teeth in her first major mission. http://dlvr.it/SfCwxC

Raising concern over the culture of silence surrounding child sexual abuse, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said on Saturday that the state must encourage families to report abuse even in cases in which the perpetrator is a family member. http://dlvr.it/Sf9qCW

Study humanities or sciences, every college student across India will now receive a primer with essential courses aimed at “broadening” their “intellectual experience” and thus making their education more rounded. Moreover, apart from the multiple entry and exit options made available to students, candidates can re-enter within three years and start again where they left off, but complete their degree in the maximum time frame of seven years. http://dlvr.it/Sf7mwX

The court said that no one, including the government, is allowed to choose the laws and rules to be followed and every one is bound by all laws of the land. The bench said that it was troublesome that the government was sitting on the recommendations of the apex court collegium for years. http://dlvr.it/Sf4zNn

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Udaipur is all geared up for the G20 Sherpa meeting, the first to be held in India. The meeting, which will be held from December 4 to 7, comes days after India formally assumed G20 presidency on December 1. http://dlvr.it/SdpjLf

The Bayad seat, considered a Congress stronghold, in North Gujarat will go to polls in the second phase on December 5. While Mahendrasinh Vaghela of the Congress and BJP nominee Bhikiben Parmar are being seen as the main contenders for the seat, an influential Independent candidate, Dhavalsinh Zala, is hogging limelight and is likely to play a key role in the final outcome. http://dlvr.it/Sdmcd5

India said it will look to build consensus on Ukraine, adding that it expects Russia to participate in all G20 processes under its presidency. ​​​To mark the first day of India's G20 presidency, a special event titled 'G20 University Connect - Engaging Young Minds' was organised in New Delhi, which virtually brought together students from 75 universities across the country. http://dlvr.it/Sdjlvf

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