Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday took a swipe at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's comments about the Rafale deal, saying he is 'a confused man' as he has been saying different things about it over time.

National carrier Air India cancelled a Jeddah-bound flight from the city via Hyderabad late Friday night, eight hours after its scheduled departure time and without offering any reason to around 300 harried passengers.

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Friday said the state produces high quality bamboo and the flutes used by music maestro Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia are made from the bamboo available in the state.

The BJP-IPFT government in Tripura has decided to plant bamboo in 2,500 hectare land in the state, Deb said.

Nineteen Naxals including eight women surrendered Friday in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Sukma district, a police official said.

Three persons, including a seven-month-old child, have tested positive for Zika in Madhya Pradesh, a central expert team, which had gone to the state Thursday to assess the cases, has confirmed.

Joining the chorus for the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya, Union Minister Vijay Goel said Friday it should be done at the earliest even if a legislation is required.

RJD chief Lalu Prasad's elder son Tej Pratap Yadav Friday filed a petition before a court here seeking divorce from his wife of six months, sources in the civil court said.

A probe was ordered into alleged clicking of a selfie by a doctor in an operation theatre (OT) of a government hospital in Odisha's Koraput district and circulation of the photo on social media, officials said on Friday.