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Muzaffarnagar, September 16: Leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has appealed to the people to respect the verdict of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on the Ayodhya title suit.

“We have full confidence in the judicial system of the country. We appeal to the people to respect the verdict of the Court and maintain peace and communal harmony in the country,” Seminary’s deputy vice-chancellor Maulana Abdul Khalique Madrasi said.

Uttar Pradesh, September 16: The notification for the panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh has been issued on Thursday.

The UP Panchayat poll will be held from September 23 to October 20.

Meanwhile, the Allahabad High court has directed state governments that identify the Schedule Tribe (ST) seats before polls.

The high court asked the government to implement reservation before conducting the elections.

—Agencies

New Delhi, September 16: The Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar on Thursday said that his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Singh Modi would not be allowed to campaign in Bihar Assembly elections.

Addressing a press conference in the national capital, Nitish said that neither Modi will come to Bihar during the Assembly polls nor he will campaign in the elections.

BJP vice president Muktar Abbas Naqvi on Monday announced that Modi will be a part of Assembly polls in the state. Nitish said that Naqvi’s statement was personal matter of the saffron party

Mumbai, September 16: Former Union Law Minister Shanti Bhushan on Thursday told the Supreme Court that at least eight of the 16 chief justices of India (CJIs) were “definitely corrupt”.

In an affidavit filed on Thursday, senior counsel Shanti Bhushan said that six of the CJIs were “definitely honest” and he could not comment on the remaining two judges.

The senior counsel sought to be impleaded in a case in which his son Prashant Bhushan is facing contempt proceedings.

Srinagar, September 16: At least five militants were killed in an encounter, which broke out between militants and the security forces in the forest area of Tral in Pulwama district of South Kashmir on Thursday.

The encounter took place after security forces launched a search operation in the forest area following specific information about presence of a group of Hizbul Mujahideen militants, they said.

They said security forces confronted the militants and asked them to surrender but the ultras opened fire, triggering a gunbattle.

Srinagar, September 16: Indefinite curfew continued for the fourth day in all major towns of the Kashmir Valley while a young man shot by police died in New Delhi, taking the death toll in the ongoing unrest to 90.Barring a clash in Sopore and an arson incident in Wagoora, the situation in the curfew-bound Kashmir valley remained by and large peaceful.

Another youth died on Wednesday in firing by security forces when a mob torched the main office of the state-owned State Road Transport Corp in north Kashmir’s Sopore town, 52 km from Srinagar.

New Delhi, September 16: Former Union Law Minister Shanti Bhushan Thursday told the Supreme Court that at least eight of the 16 chief justices of India (CJIs) were “definitely corrupt”.

In an affidavit filed Thursday, senior counsel Shanti Bhushan said that six of the CJIs were “definitely honest” and he could not comment on the remaining two judges.

The senior counsel sought to be impleaded in a case in which his son Prashant Bhushan is facing contempt proceedings.

Mumbai, September 16: In a major shakeup in the underworld, India’s most wanted Dawood Ibrahim gang is believed to have joined hands with fugitive don Bharat Nepali, who was recently in the news for a string of killings in the city, including that of Chhota Rajan’s aide Farid Tanashah, reports Media.

New Delhi, September 16: The RSS and BJP leaders held a closed-door meeting to work out plans to deal with all scenarios that may arise after the judgment in Ayodhya title suit, which is just days away.

The underlining message from the Sangh, sources said, was the need to maintain restraint even in the face of an adverse verdict.

Kolkata, September 16: Noting that Naxalism was a result of complex set of circumstances, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said political connectivity should be ensured to bring Naxals into the mainstream.

“Poverty is certainly one thing and in this country we have to ensure political connectivity so that the people can be part of the national political mainstream and efforts should be directed towards that,” Gandhi told a press conference here.

New Delhi, September 16: Ahead of the court verdict on Ayodhya dispute, a French writer on India says it would be a moment of reckoning and an opportunity for Indian leadership to bring Muslims back into mainstream.

“September 24 would be the next turning point in India’s history. I hope the judges are aware of it. There should be efforts for reconciliation and the initiative should come from the Hindutva forces. Triumphant attitude on their part would invite trouble,” said Dr Christophe Jaffrelot, who teaches South Asian Politics and History at Sciences Po in Paris.