Vanessa Dougnac, a highly regarded French journalist and the longest-serving foreign correspondent in India for multiple international news organizations, has announced her departure from the country following the government's two-week revocation of her Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card last month. The government cited alleged concerns over her reporting as the reason for the punitive action.

 Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday asserted that the Congress will win at least 20 out of 28 seats from the state in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Congress MP Manish Tewari's office has refuted rumours of him joining the BJP and contesting from the Ludhiana Lok Sabha seat in Punjab on the saffron party's ticket.

 Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren has given the go-ahead for a caste-based survey in the state on the lines of neighbouring Bihar, a senior official said on Sunday.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked the BJP over the issue of unemployment in Uttar Pradesh, saying double engine government means "double blow" to the unemployed.

Forty traffic policemen were transferred enmasse in Thane after a viral video showed some personnel allegedly taking bribes from motorists in the city's Mumbra area, an official said on Sunday.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, addressing the Bharatiya Janata Party's two-day national council meeting at the 'Bharat Mandapam' in the city on Sunday, likened the Lok Sabha elections to the Mahabharata war.