The 'Armed Forces Flag Day Fund' (AFFDF) has been constituted by the Centre for the welfare and rehabilitation of the ex-servicemen (ESM) community, the Defence Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced that India will host the G-20 summit in 2022, the year the country would celebrate the 75th anniversary of its Independence.

Flagged off from New Delhi's Jhandewala temple, the RSS' Sankalp Yatra -- aimed at seeking early resolution of the Ram temple dispute -- will run for nine days before culminating at the Ramlila Maidan on December 9.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on the sidelines of the G-20 summit here and invited him to be the Chief Guest at the Republic Day celebrations next year, which also marks the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

The special investigation team of Maharashtra police which is investigating the murder of rationalist Govind Pansare arrested two persons in the case Saturday.

Three persons were injured in an explosion in an intercity train in Assam's Udalguri district on Saturday night, railway and police sources said.

Further attacking the prime minister, Rahul Gandhi alleged that Modi reached into Army's domain and shaped surgical strike into a political asset.

Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, a key accused in the USD 2 billion PNB fraud case, cannot return to India as he is afraid of "getting lynched" and is being compared to demon 'Ravana' , his lawyer told a special court Saturday, but the ED dismissed the claim saying if he felt there were "security threats", he should have filed a police complaint.