Edited by Shylaja Varma | Sunday August 25, 2019, New Delhi
Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders, who were sent back to Delhi soon after they landed at the Srinagar airport on Saturday, were negotiated with officials, trying to convince them to leave the airport to take stock of the situation in the valley.
A 33-year-old Indian Administrative Service officer said he has filed his papers to quit the coveted government job. While stating his reasons, IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan said one of them was denial of "fundamental rights" to lakhs of people in Jammu and Kashmir for weeks after special status was scrapped from the state earlier this month.
Former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley died on Saturday at the age of 66 at Delhi's AIIMS, two weeks after he was admitted to Delhi's top hospital after a prolonged illness.
At least 119 Govindas were injured in Mumbai and 14 in neighbouring Thane on Saturday during dahi-handi celebrations, officials said, even as the events to mark the birth of Lord Krishna remained low key in several areas.
Senior Congress leader and Anandpur Sahib MP Manish Tewari on Saturday alleged that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre was trying to undermine the legacy of B R Ambedkar by fiddling with the Constitution.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday condoled senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley's death and said that his demise has caused "irreparable loss" to the country.
ANI | Sunday August 25, 2019, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand
Yoga Guru Ramdev's close aide Acharya Bal Krishna on Saturday was discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in in Uttarakhand's Rishikesh.
Expressing condolences at the death of former finance minister Arun Jaitley, senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Saturday said that it will be a challenge for everyone to follow the ideals and diligence of the party stalwart.
India and Bahrain on Saturday agreed to collaborate in the areas of space technology, solar energy and culture exchange as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held comprehensive talks with his Bahraini counterpart Prince Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa to give a major boost to the entire spectrum of bilateral relations.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday was honoured with "The King Hamad Order of the Renaissance" as he held talks with King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa on various bilateral and regional issues.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the diversity and colours of India are its strength, which astonish and attract the world as he offered the Indian diaspora here to avail the new opportunities being generated by his government.
Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Sunday August 25, 2019, Manama
Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned emotional at an event in Bahrain as he remembered his "friend" Arun Jaitley, who died on Saturday at Delhi's AIIMS hospital.
Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi has given her nod to Congress-Left Front alliance in West Bengal for the upcoming assembly by-polls in the state following the party's dismal performance in the Lok Sabha polls in the state, top party sources said on Saturday.
Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday condoled the death of former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and wrote a letter to his wife, saying that he attracted friends across the political spectrum and fought the cruel illness with indomitable spirit till the end.
