Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, currently on the campaign trail in Telangana, will address a public rally at Armoor on Friday before leaving for the national capital ending his three-day visit, party sources said.

The Congress has announced its second list of 88 candidates for the Madhya Pradesh assembly polls.

Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha president and Lok Sabha MP Tejasvi Surya on Thursday said people are going to deal a big blow to the opposition bloc INDIA in the Assembly polls in five states, including Madhya Pradesh, for its posture against Sanatan Dharma.

Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, a part of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, had recently claimed Sanatan Dharma had sown divisions in society and had sought its eradication on the lines of diseases like malaria and coronavirus.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday inaugurated a 418-feet national flag, the tallest in the country, at Attari in Punjab's Amritsar district.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Amritsar MP Gurjit Singh Aujla and senior Border Security Force officials accompanied Gadkari at the function

At least three people, including a coal mine official, were gravely injured after a portion of a mine of the Eastern Coalfield Limited (ECL) in West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman district collapsed on Thursday, police said.

Darshan Hiranandani, the CEO of real estate-to-energy group Hiranandani, who allegedly paid TMC MP Mahua Moitra to raise questions in Parliament about Adani Group, on Thursday said the TMC leader targeted Gautam Adani to "malign and embrass" Prime Minister Narendra Modi whose impeccable reputation gave opposition no opportunity to attack him.

Four persons were arrested for allegedly duping a man of Rs 5.14 lakh on the promise of getting him passes for the Navratri 'dandiya' event of renowned artiste Falguni Pathak in Borivali in north Mumbai, a police official said on Thursday.

The rupee appreciated 15 paise to settle at 83.13 against the US dollar on Thursday, tracking softening crude prices in the international markets amid lingering geopolitical uncertainties.

However, foreign fund outflows and a weak greenback against major rivals overseas weighed on investor sentiments and capped the gains, forex traders said.