JD(U) leader KC Tyagi claimed that despite rejecting an offer to appoint Nitish Kumar as the national convenor of the INDIA bloc, other parties are now making overtures to appoint him as the Prime Minister of India, an offer that the party has firmly declined.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday hailed Rahul Gandhi as "the man of the match" of the Lok Sabha polls and said it would be fitting that he takes on the mantle of the Leader of Opposition in the Lower House.

Cinema veteran Shabana Azmi on Saturday came out in support of actor-politician Kangana Ranaut after she was allegedly slapped by a CISF woman constable, saying security officials should not take law into their hands.

The Congress' top leadership on Saturday began crucial deliberations on the Lok Sabha election results to chalk out its future strategy at a meeting of the party's working committee here.

The Congress on Saturday claimed the mandate of the Lok Sabha polls has been a "moral, political and personal" defeat for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said efforts were now being made to justify his "pathetic" electoral performance.

The Maharashtra government has sought immediate cancellation of the last month's NEET exam, alleging that its results have caused injustice to the students from the state.

In a recent statement, Nara Lokesh, the general secretary of the Telugu Desam Party(TDP) and son of former Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, has reaffirmed the party's commitment to uphold the 4% reservation for Muslims among other backward classes in Andhra Pradesh.

Veteran media personality and Ramoji group chairman Ch Ramoji Rao, who revolutionised the news and entertainment industry, died at a hospital here early on Saturday.