Senior Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi on Friday backed party leader Jairam Ramesh's remarks on Narendra Modi, saying demonising the prime minister was "wrong" and acts must be judged issue-wise, not person-wise.

New Delhi: Former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi had a massive poll mandate in 1984 but he did not use it to create an atmosphere of fear, threaten and scare people or destroy institutions, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said on Thursday, in an apparent criticism of the Modi government.

Lucknow: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Thursday distanced itself from the violent Dalit protest in New Delhi's Tughlakabad area over the demolition of a Ravidas temple, stressing that all its struggles are carried out well within the ambit of law.

Ghaziabad: Five men working in a drainage project in Ghaziabad were suffocated to death on Thursday as they allegedly did not have safety kits, officials said.

Mumbai: MNS chief Raj Thackeray was on Thursday grilled by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case, after he reached the agency's office in south Mumbai with his family members in tow.

Hyderabad: A Dalit village sarpanch and her husband were allegedly prevented from breaking coconuts at a temple and abused by some people belonging to other castes in Telangana, police said on Thursday.

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday stayed an arrest warrant issued against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor for the "Hindu Pakistan" remark he had allegedly made last year.

New Delhi: A Delhi High Court Thursday allowed four-day CBI custody of Congress leader P Chidambaram in the INX Media corruption case.