Bhopal: Union minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said like Mahendra Singh Dhoni in cricket, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is the "best finisher" of Indian politics as his party's presence is shrinking everywhere.

New Delhi: A 14-year-old boy was beaten up and a wooden stick was inserted in his private parts allegedly by his classmate in a school, triggering protests in East Delhi, police said on Saturday.

Prohibitory orders, along with internet restrictions, have been enforced in Ladakh ahead of the scheduled border march led by renowned climate activist and education reformer, Sonam Wangchuk. The march, termed the 'Pashmina March', was intended to draw attention to the ground realities in Ladakh and was part of the ongoing agitation for statehood. Wangchuk, who is currently observing a hunger strike in Leh, urged the people of Ladakh to refrain from participating in the march and instead raise their voices from their respective locations on Sunday.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court ordered the Tamil Nadu Director General of Police (DGP) on Friday to make an enquiry into the conduct of the police officers who had allegedly tutored witnesses to depose against the accused and also take legal action against officers found guilty in the matter.

The Congress on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of tearing apart the country's dignity and democracy and claimed that various tactics were being used to force opposition leaders to join the BJP.

Weeks after he lost the Rajya Sabha election from Himachal Pradesh, Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Saturday filed an application in the high court challenging the interpretation of draw of lots rules by the poll officer after there was a tie in the poll.

The Congress on Saturday hit back at Narendra Modi over his remarks that the party's manifesto bore a Muslim League imprint, saying the prime minister "does not know his history" as it was none other than Jan Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee himself who was part of a coalition government in Bengal with the League in the early 1940s.

The district election officer A Kulothungan on Saturday appealed to voters in Puducherry to walk to their polling stations to cast their vote on April 19 to elect their Lok Sabha candidate.