Citing a parliamentary report, Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi said: "In a scathing indictment of the Modi government, Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen. Sarath Chand had testified to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence, headed by Major General B.C. Khanduri, and exposed a shameful state of neglect towards the requirements of our armed forces."

The Congress party has formed a committee to probe allegations of sexual harassment against its students wing, NSUI, President Fairoz Khan.

Traffic police who control the vehicular movement had a different task on Wednesday. Braving the heavy rains, the police repaired the road and cleaned drainage to let the rainwater to flow easily.

A delegation from Congress' Manipur unit on Wednesday met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and submitted a memorandum demanding scrapping of Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 and making public the framework agreement signed between the government and NSCN-IM.

US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said on Wednesday that religious freedom is as important as the freedom of rights and of people.

Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwar said that the JDS-Congress coalition government would complete five years term as per the direction of the party high command and whatever the statements on toppling the government would become irrelevant.

India went down 2-3 to World No.1 Australia in a hard fought third round robin match of the Men's Hockey Champions Trophy Breda 2018 here on Wednesday.

Defending champions Germany crashed out of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in the group stage after South Korea stunned the European powerhouse with a 2-0 victory in their final Group F contest here on Wednesday.