India-Pakistan border will be sealed by end of 2018, Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said Rajnath said the action plan would be monitored with the participation of the four states that share a border with Pakistan, and a Border Security Grid would be set up for this purpose. He also said technology would be used to plug the border in places with challenging terrain. Triple talaq ‘not an essential part of religion’, Centre tells Supreme Court The Centre filed an affidavit in the top court opposing the triple talaq , saying such practices could not be used to the extension of Constitutional rights to women. The Centre countered the Muslim law board’s contention that triple talaq is part of personal law, saying the protection of fundamental right to religion cannot be extended to non-essential parts of religion. Rahul Gandhi has crossed all limits with ‘dalali’ remark, says BJP chief Amit Shah Shah said Rahul’s remarks were insulting to the Army and its soldiers . He also said the remarks exposed the mindset of the both Rahul Gandhi and the Congress. He also appealed against politics over the surgical strikes, saying the credit belonged to the Army and not to political parties. India cannot unilaterally revoke Indus Waters Treaty, says Pakistan Islamabad’s repeated assertion comes after India reviewed its commitments to the treaty on the grounds that treaties can be continued with friendly nations and not those who function as enemies. Rattled by this, Pakistan has said it would take up the issue at international forums. Supreme Court cracks down on BCCI, stops any money transfer to state associations The Supreme Court also asked the state associations not to disburse any of the money they have received from the BCCI till they file individual affidavits promising to implement the reforms recommended by the SC-appointed Lodha Committee.

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