The counting for Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) polls started on Saturday evening after more than 12 hours of interruption, caused by some people belonging to a political group contending for the top posts who had barged into the counting centre.

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Saturday held a one-on-one meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in the Afghan capital where the region's security situation and bilateral relations were discussed.

The decision on release of seven convicts in the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case will be taken in a just and fair manner, Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit's office said in a statement here on Saturday.

RJD leader and former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday said that the BJP would not get a majority to return to power in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as it would lose around 100 out of the 134 parliamentary seats in Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh.

In his memoir, the scientist who was falsely accused of selling secrets from ISRO programmes recalls the brutal and malicious interrogations he faced.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi appointed P. Chidambaram as the chairman of Manifesto Committee, A.K. Antony as the chairman of Coordination committee and Anand Sharma as the chairman of Publicity Committee for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, said party sources.

BJP President Amit Shah on Saturday said both the party and the government are concerned over the rising prices of petrol and diesel and that the government will soon come out with a stand.

The Indian rupee is "tracking closer to its fair value" and the scope for further rapid depreciation appears unlikely, though the time is appropriate for policy interventions to anchor negative sentiments, experts said on Saturday.