A day after dissolving Telangana Assembly, caretaker Chief Minister and TRS chief K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Friday launched his party's election campaign, seeking fresh mandate and targeting Congress party.

Congress on Friday assailed Union Minister Giriraj Singh for questioning the authenticity of Rahul Gandhi's photographs of Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, saying that he has been in the habit of indulging in trash talk with the sole objective to be in the news.

"Our coalition government is stable. Instability is only in the media reports. All that is impossible get discussed in the media. Write and discuss as per your pleasure. I will not stop anyone. How much media discusses about the fall of the government, our coalition gets that much stronger, said Chief Minister H.D Kumaraswamy.

Some companies in India are engaged in a campaign to run down electric vehicles in order to promote their hybrid cars in the country, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday, adding that it is sad that hybrid cars are being promoted at the expense of electric cars.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said there is a disproportionate increase in private vehicles vis-a-vis highway expansion and emphasised the need to develop a robust public transportation system.

The government on Friday reiterated its firm stand on data privacy and against online platforms abusing data to impact free choice in India.

The Indian Railways is creating a buzz with its "Plan Bee" to tackle a mammoth problem at a meagre cost: It has installed devices which mimic the humming of a swarm of bees to keep elephants off the tracks to avert accidents.

Congress on Friday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi must break his silence on rising fuel prices and falling value of the rupee against the dollar and said "he owes an explanation to the country in this gloomy scenario".