PMO defends Rajnath on son row
Denies reports of ‘misconduct’ * Home Minister offers to quit if charges proved
New Delhi, August 27
A political bushfire broke out in the Narendra Modi government prompting the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to swiftly douse it. Both the PMO and the BJP today dismissed reports of the PM pulling-up Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s son Pankaj for “misconduct”.

HJC may snap alliance with BJP today
Chandigarh, August 27
Having made up his mind to break away from the BJP, Kuldeep Bishnoi is expected to make a formal announcement tomorrow. A move is afoot by the Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) to bring together all non-Congress, non-BJP and non-INLD parties on a common platform and form a “maha alliance.” 

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No room for tainted lawmakers in ministries: SC to PM & CMs
New Delhi, August 27
A five-member Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court today ruled that the Prime Minister and Chief Ministers had the onus of keeping tainted MPs and MLAs away from their ministries.

Din in J-K Council over resolution on Indo-Pak talks resumption
Srinagar, August 27
The Upper House of the state legislature on Wednesday was adjourned for the day after pandemonium over a resolution proposing to urge New Delhi to resume talks with Pakistan. 

House resolves to give 35 kg ration for Rs 70 (J&K Page)
BSF, Rangers hold 2 flag meets (Nation page)

Monthly cap on LPG cylinders goes
New Delhi, August 27
The Union Government today allowed consumers to get 12 subsidised LPG cylinders at anytime during the year, lifting the restriction of one cylinder a month. 

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‘Pak men-led gangs raped 1,400 UK girls in 16 years’
The horrifying tales of young white girls being abducted, raped and beaten up by gangs comprising mostly Pakistani men have sent jitters across the UK. A report, commissioned by Rotherham Borough Council, revealed that more than 1,400 girls from the Rotherham area were subjected to sexual exploitation between 1997 and 2013. Council leader Roger Stone has resigned saying: “Like any right-minded person, I am disgusted by the child sexual exploitation and abhor the lifelong damage that it wreaks upon the lives of all those affected by it.”