Congress MP Manish Tewari's office has refuted rumours of him joining the BJP and contesting from the Ludhiana Lok Sabha seat in Punjab on the saffron party's ticket.

The central government should not dilly-dally and accept the demands of farmers before the model code of conduct comes into force, farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal said ahead of a meeting with a panel of Union ministers here on Sunday.

 Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren has given the go-ahead for a caste-based survey in the state on the lines of neighbouring Bihar, a senior official said on Sunday.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked the BJP over the issue of unemployment in Uttar Pradesh, saying double engine government means "double blow" to the unemployed.

Forty traffic policemen were transferred enmasse in Thane after a viral video showed some personnel allegedly taking bribes from motorists in the city's Mumbra area, an official said on Sunday.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, addressing the Bharatiya Janata Party's two-day national council meeting at the 'Bharat Mandapam' in the city on Sunday, likened the Lok Sabha elections to the Mahabharata war.

The Central Board Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has revised guidelines for reporting of arrests, smuggling and commercial frauds by customs officers, as it looks to enhance risk-based targeting to nullify fraud attempts by syndicates.