An eight-year-old boy from Pakistan mistakenly crossed the Line of Control (LoC) into Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district.

With the riveting football World Cup in far-off Russia keeping fans mesmerised in this soccer crazy city, the Kolkata Police's latest meme featuring Argentine legend Lionel Messi's missed penalty against Iceland has created a stir on the social media.

Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday said it was time the "dark age of Emergency" became a part of the curriculum so that the young learnt to value the democratic freedoms they enjoy.

The law enforcing agencies have maximised their insistent efforts to make Tripura a "drug free state" as declared by the BJP government, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb told the Tripura assembly on Monday.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday urged the authorities to ensure the cleaning of drains at the earliest and also suggested use of modern technology for the same.

Life across the Kashmir Valley was derailed on Monday by a separatist-sponsored shutdown even as the authorities detained senior separatist leaders to prevent their participation in protests.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for the proposed All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Madurai, Tamil Nadu BJP President Tamilisai Soundararajan said on Monday.

The BJP on Monday accused the Congress of playing politics over the term Hindu, saying it symbolised its ignorance.