A man was killed in an explosion at an office of the Trinamool Congress in West Midnapore district today, the police said. Five others were injured in the blast at the office of Mamata Banerjee's party at the West Bengal district, 130 km from Kolkata.

The Sabarimala temple in Kerala will remain closed to the public until further notice due to the overflowing Pamba river, authorities said on Thursday.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said certain "hateful remarks" made against him by Prime Minister Narendra Modi prompted him to hug him during the no-confidence debate in Parliament and noted that "he didn't like and was upset by it", while adding "that some of his party members also didn't approve of it".

The Kerala government has asked the Centre to go by the 2016 National Disaster Management Plan (NDMP) while taking a call on the UAE government’s offer of ₹700 crore in assistance or compensate the State for the loss of such a hefty sum.

Chinese tech company Huawei said on Thursday that the Australian government has blocked it from providing 5G technology for the country's wireless networks.

President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condoled the death of veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar, remembering his "strong stand" against the Emergency, public service and commitment to a better India.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were not happy after his father's (Rajiv Gandhi) killer, LTTE chief Prabhakaran was killed, as they felt "the violence inflicted upon him had impacted others, including his children".

President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday reassigned the Finance and Corporate Affairs portfolios to Union Minister Arun Jaitley, a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement said.