New Delhi: Former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat announced his resignation as the Congress general secretary in-charge of Assam on Thursday, taking moral responsibility of the party's poor show in the north-eastern state in the recently-concluded Lok Sabha polls.

 "We are not going to supervise playing of cricket", the Supreme Court Thursday told the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) which sought listing of its plea that players from outside the state be allowed to play in the upcoming TN Premier League.

Leader of the Opposition in Bihar Legislative Assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav Thursday made a sudden appearance in the House after shunning public engagements for over a month after decimation of the RJD-led 'grand alliance' in the Lok Sabha elections.

The Opposition on Thursday criticised the government during the discussion on amendments to provide legal backing for voluntary seeding of biometric Aadhaar ID with mobile numbers and bank accounts.

Public sector banks might perform better if they are freed from some of the constraints they operate under but such freedom typically requires distance from the government, says former Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan.

 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, today, announced that the recruitment examination for Regional Rural Banks (RRBs), which is conducted by Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS), will be conducted in 13 languages other than English and Hindi. The government's Economic Survey was presented in Parliament on Thursday.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Thursday appealed to the opposition, particularly the DMK, to put to rest the controversy over a tweet by Puducherry LG Kiran Bedi, saying she has deleted it and expressed deep regret.

 In yet another case of assault on a government official, Maharashtra Congress MLA Nitesh Rane and his supporters poured mud on a highway engineer.