Akluj:Targeting Rahul Gandhi on his "why are all thieves named Modis" remark, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday said the Congress chief, by making that jibe, had maligned the backward community he hails from.

New Delhi: The central government is ready to provide all possible help to states affected by rains and thunderstorms, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday.

Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blasts, today said she would contest the national election as a BJP candidate and "win comfortably too". There is speculation she may contest in Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal, where former chief minister Digvijaya Singh is the Congress candidate.

Kashmir is an integral part of India and it would continue to remain so as long as the BJP exists, party president Amit Shah said here Wednesday.

An ambulance literally streaked across the road transporting a 15-day-old infant with a serious heart-related problem from a hospital in Mangaluru to a private one here in five-and-a-half hours Tuesday as authorities and people came together to create a green corridor on a 400 km stretch.

Kannur: Hitting out at the Prime Minister,Congress President Rahul Gandhi Wednesday alleged that Narendra Modi has "divided" the country and made it fight within itself.

Chennai: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Wednesday accused the income tax department of taking "autocratic and partial" action in Tamil Nadu in the run up to the Lok Sabha elections.

Unseasonal rain, dust storm and lightning hit several parts of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat overnight, leaving 35 people dead and many others injured, officials said Wednesday.