Hitting out at Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at a rally in Ramlila Maidan, Amit Shah said the two speak out in favour of illegal immigrants because they care only about vote-bank politics.

Grab from a video released by the Congress party on September 22 which, it says, shows Dassault Aviation Chairman Eric Trappier speaking on March 25, 2015—just 17 days before PM Modi announced a new Rafale deal excluding HAL in Paris—in the presence of Indian Air Force and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited officers, about responsibility sharing on the Rafale contract

Marking a new milestone in the country's aviation sector by bringing Sikkim into air network, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday attacked the previous governments accusing them of having neglected the northeast and said in the last four years his government has opened 35 new airports.

An under-construction bridge collapsed in Kakdwip area of South 24 Parganas district on Monday, a senior official said, adding however there has been no report of any casualty. This is the third incident of bridge collapse in the state in September. Majerhat Bridge in south Kolkata had collapsed on September 4, killing three persons and injuring 24.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday arrived in his parliamentary constituency of Amethi on a two-day visit.

Five members of a family were killed on Monday in a mudslide in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district, police said.

Naval officer Abhilash Tomy, who was injured while participating in the round-the-world solo race, was rescued on Monday. The 39-year-old Navy commander had lost its mast in a storm on Friday.

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Romesh Mahant has quit the party to join hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) before the upcoming elections in Madhya Pradesh.