The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology will review the implementation of media-related laws in its meeting on Friday. Various issues concerning the media industry are expected to be discussed.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar clapped during an event marking Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary in Patna on Thursday, leaving other leaders and officials in an awkward situation.

A Mysuru court has convicted activist Snehmayi Krishna in a cheque bounce case. The Third Additional Civil and JMFC Court pronounced the verdict on Thursday but has not yet disclosed the quantum of punishment.

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has raised concerns over the results of the recent Assembly elections in Maharashtra, questioning how Ajit Pawar’s faction, which secured only one MP in the Lok Sabha polls, managed to win 42 seats in the state elections. Speaking at a party meeting on Thursday, Thackeray remarked that such a drastic shift in public opinion within four months was unprecedented.

AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal will visit the Election Commission office in New Delhi on Friday to furnish his reply to the poll body over its notice to him on his "poison mixed" in Yamuna water remark.

 A senior Indian Coast Guard official has called for design re-evaluations of the Advanced Light Helicopter after one of the military choppers of the maritime security agency crashed in Gujarat earlier this month, killing three.

Prayagraj: A police officer was suspended on Thursday after a video went viral showing him allegedly mixing ash into the food served at a Bhandara (community feast) for devotees at the Maha Kumbh Mela here.

Ambala: Haryana Minister Anil Vij on Thursday expressed strong displeasure over officials not complying with his orders and said that, for the sake of his Ambala Cantt constituents, he is prepared to go on a fast unto death like farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal.