Yogi’s take on Taj to Sreesanth’s life ban: Top 10 stories of October 17, 2017

October 17, 2017 08:44 pm | Updated 09:19 pm IST

Taj Mahal, made by blood and sweat of ''Bharat Mata’s sons'', will be protected: Adityanath

U.P. CM's comments come a day after BJP MLA Sangeet Som questioned the Taj Mahal’s place in India’s heritage.

Kerala High Court restores life ban on Sreesanth

The order comes on a BCCI appeal against a single-judge verdict revoking life ban on the cricketer.

Search on for 10 Indian sailors of sunken merchant vessel; lifeboat located

The vessel, m.v. Emerald Star , had 26 crew members, many of them from Tamil Nadu.

BJP asks Congress to break silence over Vadra issue

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said silence on the part of the Gandhis will be construed as acceptance of the charges against Mr. Vadra.

Special: Feeding a billion — Evaluating India’s progress at eliminating hunger

While food production is still not insulated from the vagaries of nature, which can vacillate between extremes, anthropogenic factors are holding back India’s quest to attain food security.

Kerala CM wants national pilgrim centre status for Sabarimala temple

Braving a steady drizzle, Pinarayi Vijayan trekked up the 8-km forest path to reach the Sabarimala hill top last night.

U.S.-backed militia recapture Raqqa from Islamic State

The militia said they had defeated Islamic State in its former capital Raqqa, raising their flags over the jihadist group's last footholds in the city after a four-month battle.

Nuclear war may break out any moment, warns North Korea

Pyongyang has the right to possess nuclear weapons in self-defence, says its U.N. envoy.

Panama Papers whistleblower murdered in Malta, son accuses country’s PM of ‘complicity’

Daphne Caruana Galizia, a veteran journalist described as a “one-woman Wikileaks”, used her widely read blog to make a series of detailed allegations of corruption in Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s inner circle, some based on the Panama Papers data leak.

The Mersal effect

Can the Vijay-starrer bring some sunshine to a gloom-stricken industry?

#MeToo campaign: A collective catharsis

How the #MeToo movement is giving people a sense of the magnitude of sexual harassment.

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