The government on Thursday briefed leaders of political parties on the situation in Afghanistan.

The government has forwarded nine names recommended by the Supreme Court collegium for appointment of judges in the top court to the President for final approval and a call is expected to be taken "shortly", sources in the government said on Thursday.

With 46,164 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases has increased to 3,25,58,530, while the active cases increased to 3,33,725, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.

Assets of the country are not properties of Prime Minister Narendra Modi or the BJP and they cannot sell them at their whims and fancies, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said while criticising the Centre's National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) policy on Wednesday

Chandigarh: AICC general secretary Harish Rawat on Wednesday said the next year's Punjab Assembly polls will be fought under the leadership of CM Amarinder Singh as four state ministers wanting the "ouster" of the chief minister met the Congress leader in Dehradun.

Ghaziabad: In a tragic incident, a 13-year-old girl fell to her death along with her puppy from the ninth-floor terrace of a residential building in Kavinagar area here while trying to save the pet, police said.

Mumbai: A day after he was arrested for making controversial remarks against Uddhav Thackeray, Union minister Narayan Rane said on Wednesday even the Maharashtra chief minister had in the past used unpalatable words while referring to top BJP leaders Amit Shah and Yogi Adityanath.

Barmer: A MiG-21 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed in Rajasthan's Barmer district on Wednesday evening but the pilot ejected safely, a defence spokesperson said.