The Union Health Ministry informed Parliament on Friday that nearly 3.42 lakh fraudulent cases, including unnecessary surgeries, have been detected under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY).

BJP leaders poked fun at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday for some of the comments, including that "tapasya" is meant to generate heat in the body, he made during his speech in the Lok Sabha.

DMK leader A Raja hit out at the BJP on Saturday, claiming that the ruling party would have changed the Constitution had the words "secular" and "socialist" not been added to the Preamble of the document during Emergency.

Protesting farmers on Saturday suspended their foot march to Delhi for the day after some of them suffered injuries in tear gas shelling by Haryana security personnel here along the state's border with Punjab.

A failed attempt to enter the United States illegally has left 230 Indians, including 170 Gujaratis, stranded in Sharjah, UAE. The group, comprising families, was lured by agents promising a chartered flight from Dubai to Brazil, followed by a land crossing into the US through Mexico.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj has expressed concern over the low wages provided under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA), highlighting the need for urgent revisions. The panel has urged the Ministry of Rural Development to link wages under the scheme to an inflation index, ensuring they reflect the rising cost of living.

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on saturday cited V D Savarkar's remarks that there was nothing Indian about the Constitution and took a jibe at the BJP, saying that by talking of protecting the Constitution, the ruling party is "ridiculing" Savarkar.

Haryana security personnel fired teargas shells and used a water cannon to disperse a group of protesting farmers from heading towards Delhi at the Shambhu border point on Saturday.