Madhya Pradesh Congress leader Manak Agrawal who had criticized the decision to induct a `Godse follower' has been expelled from the party for six years on account of "indiscipline".

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the interest of all employees of state-owned banks which are likely to be privatised will be protected, even as bank unions observed a two-day strike against the government's privatisation decision.

New Delhi: Bypolls to two Lok Sabha seats -- one each in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh -- and 14 assembly constituencies across 11 states will be held on April 17, the Election Commission announced on Tuesday.

 The government has no proposal under consideration to declare the areas dominated by Marathi-speaking people in Karnataka bordering Maharashtra as a Union Territory, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.

As many as 31 civilians and 39 security personnel were killed in cross-border firing and ceasefire violations in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.

P K Sinha, the Principal Advisor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has resigned, sources said on Tuesday.

BJP workers from various parts of West Bengal continued their protests on Tuesday outside the party's state election office in Kolkata over the selection of candidates for the assembly polls, laying bare the rift between old-timers and new entrants.