The Congress in Maharashtra Thursday dismissed as "nautanki" (drama) the Shiv Sena's announcement that its chief Uddhav Thackeray will visit Ayodhya after Dussehra to reaffirm his party's commitment to the issue.

Pakistani troops violated ceasefire Thursday evening and resorted to firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, defence officials said.

Congress MLA Alpesh Thakor and others were detained by police in Gujarat's Patan district Thursday as they staged a protest demanding farm loan waiver and water for the farmers of his constituency, Radhanpur.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu Thursday said farmers from the state would be rewarded with Rs 100 crore if they won Nobel prize in natural farming.

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said Thursday that Goa should be declared "a mentally and physically sick state" because of the "sickness of several ministers" and infighting in the government.

 A 14-year-old boy was injured after he was shot at allegedly by two men after he resisted their attempt to snatch his father's bag which had cash worth Rs 3.5 lakh, police said Thursday.

An elderly man was allegedly beaten to death at Hardoi in Uttar Pradesh for refusing to give a sachet of paan masala to a youth on Wednesday night. The police are on the lookout for three people in connection with the killing.

IT major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has sacked an employee who was allegedly sending rape and death threats to women on social media platforms.