Pandeshwara police arrested two accused here on Thursday on charges of kidnapping a youth, assaulting and looting him near Sasihithlu. The arrested have been identified as Gautham and Laivegar.
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday said it cannot give permission at this stage for the BJP rally in Coochbehar, scheduled to be flagged off by party president Amit Shah on Friday, after the West Bengal government refused to allow the event on the grounds that it might cause communal tension.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday credited B R Ambedkar with his government's slogan of 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas' and said the entire country was indebted to the leader for his efforts in nation-building.
Chandigarh: A magisterial probe into the Amritsar train tragedy in which around 60 people died, has apparently given a "clean chit" to Navjot Kaur Sidhu, wife of Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, who was the chief guest at the Dussehra event.
Bengaluru: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Thursday chaired a meeting with farmer leaders.
The Congress was "completely rattled" by the extradition of Christian Michel, the alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland helicopter deal, and sent its team of lawyers to defend him, the BJP alleged on Thursday.
Bengaluru: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy today convened a meeting of all former Chief Ministers and former Water Resources Ministers and law experts regarding state irrigation projects.
BJP MP Savitribai Phule resigned from the party on Thursday, saying it is dividing society. The MP from Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, has long been critical of the party's leadership,
A suicide bomber killed at least two people and wounded many more outside police headquarters in the port city of Chabahar in restive southeastern Iran on Thursday, according to a revised official toll.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is considering fielding Bollywood actor Madhuri Dixit-Nene from the Pune Lok Sabha constituency in the 2019 general elections, party sources said.
