New Delhi: Thirteen students detained for organising a screening of the BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots at Jamia Millia Islamia on Wednesday have been released, officials said.

Jaipur: In an apparent rebuttal to his former deputy, Sachin Pilot, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said the Congress returned to power in 2018 because of the work done by him in his previous dispensation.

The official YouTube Channel of Vartha Bharati ( youtube.com/varthabharatinews) was on Thursday suspended by the video sharing platform over a copyright strike that came on a Government of India programme.

Bengaluru: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be arriving in poll bound Karnataka's Hubballi-Dharwad and Belagavi on January 28 to attend various events and take part in a road show organised by the BJP.

New Delhi/Patna: Janata Dal (United) president Lalan Singh on Thursday expressed his inability to attend the concluding event of the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra in Srinagar on January 30 and asked the Congress to take appropriate steps to unite the opposition.

Veteran politician and former Karnataka Chief Minister S M Krishna, who has been conferred with the Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award of the country, on Thursday said he will dedicate the award to the people of the state, who have nurtured him for six decades.

Noted writer and novelist S L Bhyrappa, who has been conferred with the Padma Bhushan on Thursday said if there is relevance to a writer's work even after his death, then it is a big award.

The 74th Republic Day was observed with jest and patriotism at Bearys Knowledge Campus at Bearys Institute of Technology on Thursday. The function began with the unfurling of the national tricolor by Chief guest Dr. Lokesh K.M, Professor, Department of History, Mangalore University, Mangaluru. It was followed by saluting the flag and presenting the national anthem