Two Punjab police personnel, including Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Daljit Singh Dhillon, have been dismissed from service over serious allegations of pushing women into drugs, a police official said.

The NDA government in 2014 had got the economy in a much worse condition than expected, so much so that making its details public would have been widely damaging for the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said, stressing that his government worked hard to bring the economy back on track bit by bit.

Blaming the Modi government for launching a "rumour-driven lynching movement" in the country, Congress said "absolute anarchy, mob-frenzy and jungle raj" have become new symbols of Prime Minister Narandra's Modi "New India".

Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha Member Shobha Karandlaje directed the National Highway Authority officials to recommend the central government to blacklist the Navayuga company for delaying the work of National Highway 66.

Neymar scored one and assisted another in the second half as Brazil defeated Mexico 2-0 here on Monday to enter the FIFA World Cup quarter-finals.

Former Indian Navy chief, Admiral Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni passed away here on Monday, an official spokesperson said. He was 86.

The actual strategic divestment of Air India will be determined by market conditions although the policy decision has already been in this regard, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will chair here from July 9 the 67th plenary of the North Eastern Council (NEC), a regional planning body of eight northeastern states, an official said on Monday.