New Delhi: Rohit Sharma will join the Indian team in Australia for the One-day International (ODI) series on January 8.

Hyderabad: The Congress Sunday suspended former Union minister Sarve Satyanarayana from the party for allegedly making objectionable remarks against Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee chief Uttam Kumar Reddy and its state in charge R C Khuntia.

Preparations began at the Ramlila Maidan on Sunday for cooking 5,000 kg of "samrasta khichdi" for the "Bhim Mahasangam", a gathering of people from the backward classes organised by the Delhi BJP.

 In a U-turn, West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh Sunday said his remark on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's prime ministerial prospects was made in jest, even as the opposition claimed that the statement reflected a "tacit understanding" between the TMC and the saffron party.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman "lied" in Parliament that government orders worth Rs one lakh crore were provided to HAL, while demanding that she should either place the documents in support of her statement in the House or resign.

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan met Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan here Sunday as the cash-strapped country seeks economic assistance to bolster its foreign exchange reserves and the government's fiscal policies.

A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested the personal secretaries of state ministers Archana Tripathi, Sandeep Singh and Om Prakash Rajbhar on charges of corruption and bribery.

Bangaluru: Chief Secretary of the state TM Vijaya Bhaskar has directed the authorities concerned to immediately take steps to rehabilitate those who are begging near traffic signals in Bengaluru. She directed the authorities to build separate Asre houses to the  sexual minorities who have opted begging as their profession.