The Indian National Congress has put forth its candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, as announced by AICC General Secretary KC Venugopal. The list of nominees includes prominent leaders from various states.

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met his UAE counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and discussed a wide range of areas of bilateral cooperation including trade and investment.

The Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) has recovered over Rs 2.17 crore in fines from 9,548 ticketless travellers in January this year as a result of Konkan Railway's continuous and intensive ticket checking drives.

Developmental economist Madhura Swaminathan on Tuesday said that India’s farmers cannot be treated as criminals, referring to the Haryana government’s handling of the farmers’ protest.

An Indian-origin family, including their 4-year-old twin boys, has been found dead at their home in California with the police investigating the case as a murder-suicide, in the latest in a string of tragedies to strike the community in the US.

A court in Maharashtra's Thane district on Wednesday remanded BJP MLA Ganpat Gaikwad, arrested for allegedly opening fire on a local Shiv Sena leader inside a police station, to judicial custody for 14 days.

Industries Minister MB Patil promised action after Deputy Leader of the Opposition Arvind Bellad on Tuesday asked the government to withdraw 58 acres of land allotted to IT major Infosys in Hubli for not creating a single job.

West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu has urged theatre groups of the state to reject a proposal from the National School of Drama (NSD) to perform a short play praising the BJP government.