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Updated : Mar 03, 2017, 10:43 AM IST
A CPM office was on Friday set on a fire in Kozhikode, a day after a bomb was thrown at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) office near Nadapuram. According to initial reports, no casualties have been reported. Read more here.
Delivering an address on ‘India at 70’ in Kochi, he asked those in universities to “engage in reason, discussion and debate, rather than propagate a culture of unrest. “It is tragic to see them caught in the vortex of violence and disquiet,” he said. Read what President said here.
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions withdrew on Thursday from any probe into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election after it emerged he had contacts with Russian officials while involved with President Donald Trump's campaign. Read more here.
While several economists and politicians have criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's demonetization move, World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva has expressed that it would have a positive impact on the Indian economy. Read what Kristalina Georgieva said here.
Edulji is the only cricketer, male or female, to be in the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators running the day-to-day affairs of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Read more here.