Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday dismissed the corruption allegations levelled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

BJP chief Amit Shah on Saturday took a jibe at Rahul Gandhi accusing him of speaking on the lines of Pakistan and asked the Congress President whether he was trying to forge an international alliance in the name of "Modi Hatao".

 “The state government has decided to provide Rs. 7 lakh along with a site for house construction to those who have lost their homes in the Kodagu natural disaster”, informed Minister for Tourism, Sugar and Sericulture Sa Ra Mahesh, who is also the District in-charge minister.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused the BJP and the RSS of undermining the institutions like the Supreme Court, Election Commission and said that it was trying to take over the education system.

• The festival included 11,186 camels, the largest number of camels in a race, and almost 800 races held between Aug. 11 until Saturday
• $14.3 million worth of prizes were handed out to participants from Saudi Arabia, other Gulf States and Arab countries

Bihar finance minister and chairperson of GST Group of Ministers (GoM) for technology, Sushil Kumar Modi on Saturday said that levying taxes on petroleum products was not on the agenda of the GST council and even if that happens people should not wrongly perceive that GST can control taxes on petrol and diesel.

The Congress on Saturday refuted the claims of Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad that French firm Dassault Aviation, the manufacturer of Rafale jets, had signed a contract with Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Limited in 2012 to execute the offset contract and described it as "totally false".

Hitting back at Rahul Gandhi for his "thief" jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said "irresponsible, shameless and baseless" remarks were being made by a family which is out on bail in the National Herald case and is the source of all corruption in the country.