Contractual workers protest in Srinagar

Violent protests erupted in Srinagar on Thursday morning as contractual government employees took to the streets demanding regularization of their service. A day after its debut on Twitter, 'Office of RG' has acknowledged it is the official account of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi. The Delhi Commission for Women has written to the Home Ministry, the Delhi LG and city police commissioner on AAP leader Kumar Vishwas' failure to appear before it in a case in which a party volunteer accused him of not rebutting rumours of an illicit liaison with her. At least 11 persons were killed and four others were injured in an explosion at a firecracker factory at Pingla in West Midnapore district.Hoping "good sense" will prevail among opposition parties, including Congress, Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti today said any obstruction to the passage of the GST Bill will stall the country's development. Shares of Jindal Steel & Power Ltd fell by nearly 5 per cent today after its Chairman Naveen Jindal and 14 others were summoned by a special court in the coal blocks allocation scam case.