Former Congress leader Shankersinh Vaghela came down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday, accusing him of fulfilling none of his election promises.

Coming to the rescue of an 88-year-old man whose retirement benefits were put on hold by the Tamil Nadu government due to an inconclusive disciplinary proceeding that stretched beyond 30 years, the Madras High Court has directed the authorities to pay him all retirement and pension benefits.

A two-seater trainer aircraft belonging to a private aviation institute hit boundary wall of the Mehsana airport in Gujarat Saturday during a training exercise, an official said.

Senior BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma Saturday said that the party had worked together with the ruling Congress, the opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) and the Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) in Mizoram and there was nothing to hide in those alliances.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeted the late Indira Gandhi on Saturday, saying her famous slogan 'garibi hatao' was a "false promise" and bank nationalisation was a "fraud" in the name of the poor.

The Uttarakhand government on Saturday decided to rename the Dehradun airport after former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, an official said.

Three people have been arrested after a BJP leader's brother was allegedly strangled after an altercation over the parking of a vehicle in Gorakhpur town of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, police said.

A court in Kerala on Saturday denied bail to BJP state general secretary K Surendran in a case of alleged involvement in violent protests at Sabarimala earlier this month.