India
1.  Alarmed at probe, Hurriyat says it has no terror links to Lashkar :  The Hurriyat Conference reacted with anger and alarm to the Centre's announcement of the NIA's investigation into the source of its foreign funding.
2.  Massive landslide on Badrinath highway leaves 14,000 pilgrims stuck :  Nearly 14,000 pilgrims were left stranded at various places in Chamoli district after a massive landslide blocked the Rishikesh-Badrinath highway on Friday afternoon.
3.  Kejriwal involved in hawala, says Mishra; AAP rejects charge :  Sacked Aam Aadmi Party minister Kapil Mishra alleged on Friday that AAP convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal was directly linked with people engaged in hawala transactions, money laundering and black money generation.
4.  Army wants its own 'mini Air Force', pitches for heavy-duty attack helicopters :  The Army has now strongly revived its old quest for a "mini air force" of its own, in a move that has been bitterly opposed by the IAF in the past.
5.  Pakistan may be propping up new terror outfit in Kashmir, feel intel agencies :  The rising dissonance between Kashmiri separatists and terrorists based in the Valley on the one hand and Pakistan-based terrorist commanders and cadres in Kashmir on the other has led Indian agencies to suspect that terror masterminds across the border may be covertly planning a new terrorist organisation in J&K, with focus on ex-Hizbul Mujahideen commander Zakir Musa.
6.  NIA starts probing Geelani and others for receiving Pakistan funds :   NIA has said funds were allegedly received by Hurriyat leaders for carrying stone pelting, burning schools and other government buildings, attacking security forces and damaging public property.
7.  Pervez Musharraf says Kulbhushan Jadhav is 'a bigger terrorist than Ajmal Kasab' :  Former Pakistan military dictator Pervez Musharraf, who's accused of high treason in his country, believes that Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav "is a bigger terrorist than Ajmal Kasab".
8.  Agriculture sector needs evergreen revolution: PM Modi :  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday invoked the vision of an 'evergreen revolution' in farm sector while exhorting the scientific and technological community to explore possibilities of creating agriculture clusters on the pattern of industrial clusters where different areas in the country can be identified with particular crops.
9.  Congress: Is govt celebrating ‘jobless growth’? :  Congress asked BJP to specify the reason for its "multi-million celebration plan" to mark the third anniversary of the Modi government, saying the Centre was presiding over jobless growth and had put the future of the young in peril.
10.  Cabinet nod for nuclear reactors bid to make up for lost time? :  The Modi government's decision to ramp up generation of nuclear power with indigenous reactors takes India back full circle.


.World
1.  Ex-FBI chief Comey to testify publicly before lawmakers :  James Comey, the former FBI chiefwhose firing by President Donald Trump has triggered uproar, has agreed to testify publicly about Russian interference in the 2016 elections, lawmakers announced Friday.
2.  Trump to Muslims on first foreign trip: Drive out terrorists : President Donald Trump will use his first visit to the Middle East to call for unity in the fight against radicalism in the Muslim world, casting the challenge as a "battle between good and evil" and urging Arab leaders to "drive out the terrorists from your places of worship," according to a draft of the speech obtained by The Associated Press.
3.  Police: 15 wounded in grenade attacks in northwest Pakistan :  Pakistani police say assailants in a series of attacks have thrown grenades at a school and four homes in a northwestern town, wounding 15 people before fleeing.
4.  Rouhani leads Iran presidential race, expected to win :  President Hassan Rouhani has an unassailable lead in Iran's presidential election, an Iranian official source said on Saturday, citing an early unofficial tally, and is on course to defeat his hardline rival Ebrahim Raisi.
5.  Chinese navy ships visit Myanmar for joint exercises :  Chinese navy ships are visiting Myanmar and will conduct communications, search and rescue, and other joint exercises with the Myanmar navy, China's defense ministry said on Saturday.
6.  US retakes over 55% of ISIS territory: Mattis :  The US-led international coalition, comprising more than 60 countries, has retaken over 55 per cent of the territories once controlled by the Islamic State terror group, US defence secretary James Mattis said.
7.  North Korea: US has to roll back 'hostile policy' before talks :  North Korea's deputy UN envoy said on Friday the United Statesneeded to roll back its "hostile policy" toward the country before there could be talks as Washington raised concern that Pyongyang could be producing a chemical used in a nerve agent.
8.  Trump 'escapes' US for nine-day, five-country foreign debut :  US President Donald Trump has embarked on his first trip abroad, departing Friday on a five-nation, nine-day swing that will take him away from the political tempest in Washington DC to unfamiliar foreign policy waters that he has repeatedly stirred and muddied with unconventional and controversial remarks.
9.  Death toll in southern Libyan attack rises to 141:    A spokesman for east Libyan armed forces said on Friday that as many as 141 people had been killed a day earlier in an attack on a southern air base.
10.  Ivanka Trump to take part in presidential trip :  Ivanka Trump will travel with the president to Saudi Arabia, Israel and Italy on his upcoming foreign trip.


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