Eighteen-year-old Mohsin Ali had been earning accolades ever since he set the Dal Lake ablaze by clinching gold in the 1,000m kayaking event at the inaugural Khelo India Water Sports Festival (KIWSF) held here recently.

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Sunday said her party will contest the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections on its own and has finalised a roadmap for its organisational programmes after two days of high-level review meetings.

Chinese President Xi Jinping told Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday that it is the "right choice" for the two countries to be "friends” and they should not let the border dispute define their relations.

Chennai received intense overnight rain, and there was a cloud burst over Manali, a northern neighbourhood of the city, Regional Meteorological Centre said.

A first information report (FIR) has been registered against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra in Chhattisgarh's Raipur for her alleged "objectionable" remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah, police said on Sunday.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, RJD's Tejashwi Yadav and other Mahagathbandhan leaders will hold a foot march in Patna on Monday, marking the culmination of their Voter Adhikar Yatra that covered about 1300 km and passed through over 110 assembly constituencies in what was seen as a prelude to a high-octane assembly polls campaign in the state.

A week after Nagaland deputy chief minister and senior BJP leader Y. Patton publicly threatened a reporter at a village meeting, the journalist was shot in Manipur’s Senapati district.

At least two people were killed and five others injured in a blast at a firecracker factory operating from a house in Gudamba area here on Sunday, police said.