01:42 pm: Andhra Pradesh govt passed a resolution to include Boyas, Valmikis and related sub sects of Andhra Pradesh in Scheduled Tribes and put forth the matter before Centre to provide them reservation accordingly (ANI)
01:29 pm: While BJP has maintained its credibility, Congress is slowly becoming extinct: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Surat, Gujarat (ANI)
01:15 pm: In 1990s the reforms were taken under compulsion but the government under PM Modi is undertaking the reforms by conviction: FM Arun Jaitley Surat, Gujarat (ANI)
12:57 pm: Gujarat is a very important region for BJP because we have been winning and serving here more than two decades: FM Arun Jaitley in Surat, Gujarat (ANI)
12:49 pm: The 10 years of governance before Modi Ji's govt was the most corrupt govt we have ever seen. It was a leaderless govt. It was said that the then PM is a PM in office but not in power: FM Arun Jaitley in Surat, Gujarat (ANI)
12:32 pm: US Senate narrowly OKs near-$1.5 trillion tax bill, pushing President Trump and GOP close to year's biggest legislative win (AP)
12:18 pm: Andhra Pradesh Assembly unanimously passes Kapu reservation bill Click Here To Read
12:15 pm: As 5pc of reservation to Kapus makes total reservation exceed 50pc, central govt nod is compulsory. We will send this bill to the centre. We ask them to include this reservation in schedule 9, so that it will become legitimate: Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu (ANI)
12:08 pm: We held discussions with leaders of Kapu community. They said they don't need political reservation. Only education and employment reservation is enough. So we proceeded with that: Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu (ANI)
12:01 pm: Jammu and Kashmir's CM Mehbooba Mufti re-elected as president of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
11:55 am: Rabri Devi reaches ED office in Patna for inquiry in the IRCTC hotel tender scam
11:45 am: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj departs for India after attending Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Russia's Sochi
11:42 am: Cyclone Ockhi: Death toll mounts to 12, PM Modi dials Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami, assures assistance Click Here To Read
11:40 am: Train connectivity from Banihal to Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir restored; it was suspended in view of Budgam encounter that took place on on Thursday (ANI)
11:37 am: Sri Lankan Navy arrests 20 Tamil Nadu fishermen for allegedly fishing near Neduntheevu, close to the island nation's coast (PTI)
11:35 am: 3rd Test, Day 1: India 116/2 at Lunch vs Sri Lanka. Vijay 51*, Kohli 17*, Gamage 1/28
11:28 am: If BJP is honest and believes in democracy then discard EVMs and conduct voting on Ballot papers. General Elections are due in 2019. If BJP believes people are with them, they must implement it. I can guarantee if Ballot papers are used, BJP won't come to power: Mayawati, BSP President (ANI)
