18th-century idol to be installed in Varanasi

New Delhi: Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy on Thursday led the celebrations to hand over the 18th-century Maa Annapurna idol, which was has been restituted from Canada, to the Uttar Pradesh Government. It will be installed in Kashi Vishwanath Temple on November 15. The idol was stolen 107 years ago. TNS 

Tharoor: Will keep wishing Advani, PM

New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday came down heavily on the Twitter trolls who called him a “Sanghi” for greeting BJP’s LK Advani on his birthday and said he would continue sending birthday greetings to Advani and PM Modi. “I am appalled by the backlash against my birthday greetings to Advaniji. Has civility disappeared from political discourse?” he said. TNS

Malik’s son-in-law sends Rs5-cr notice to Fadnavis

Mumbai: Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik’s son-in-law Sameer Khan has sent a Rs5-crore defamation notice to former CM Devendra Fadnavis for making “baseless allegations” against him. PTI

Posts on judiciary: US help sought to arrest 2

New Delhi: The CBI has sought help from the US authorities to track down two accused, C Prabhakar Reddy and Mani Annapureddy, over alleged derogatory social media posts against judiciary. TNS

‘One nation, one portal’ to redress grievances

lucknow: Union Minister Jitendra Singh has said the Centre was moving towards creating ‘One nation, one portal’ by merging state portals with central system to redress public grievances. PTI