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Cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir today delivered a sharp retort to Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in response to relentless trolling over photos of his "Jalebi-eating" in Indore on Friday, at a time he was missed in an anti-pollution meeting in Delhi. The BJP MP has also been the target of posters in the capital today mocking him as "Missing, last seen eating jalebis".

The centre is slowly replacing all the old government vehicles with new electrical cars, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said today as he reached the parliament on an electric car to attend the first day of winter session of parliament, urging people to fight air pollutio. The air quality remains "poor" in the national capital.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi should set aside his "deep-rooted suspicion of industrialists and entrepreneurs", which has halted economic development and ruptured India's social fabric, his predecessor Manmohan Singh has said in a hard-hitting editorial in The Hindu newspaper. The "toxic combination of deep distrust, pervasive fear and a sense of hopelessness in our society is stifling economic activity, and hence, economic growth," the former Prime Minister said in the piece titled "The Fountainhead of India's Economic Malaise" published on Monday.

India is committed to working toward achieving a $26 billion defence industry by 2025, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said today.

In a departure from convention, the Rajya Sabha on Monday allowed leaders of various political parties to speak and pay tributes to five late members, including former finance minister Arun Jaitley, instead of just the Chairman making obituary references.

The Shiv Sena on Monday took a swipe at its one-time ally, the BJP, over the "paltry" financial assistance announced by Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari to the farmers affected by unseasonal rains.

Parliament's winter session began with the opposition targeting the government over the absence of Farooq Abdullah, who has been held under detention at his residence in Srinagar since the centre's decision on Article 370 in August and charged with "disturbing public order" under the strict Public Safety Act

After Shiv Sena MPs were allotted seats on the Opposition side in the Parliament, senior Sena leader Sanjay Raut today hit back at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saying that the NDA government at the Centre is not the property of one party but some are "considering themselves God".

On the first day of the winter session of Parliament, Rajya Sabha members were surprised by the new uniform of the marshals standing next to the seat of the chairman. Earlier the marshals wore a turban with an Indian attire.

Bengali actress turned MP Nusrat Jahan has been admitted to a private hospital in the city due to respiratory problem, her family said on Monday.

Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi expressed hope that the Opposition will extend full support in achieving the same success rate like the previous session of Parliament.

Ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament, Congress MP and leader of the party in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday said it was the government''s responsibility to run the House smoothly so that debates and discussions can be held on issues concerning the people.

The HRD Ministry on Monday appointed a three-member committee to recommend ways to restore normal functioning of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, officials said.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar's response to questions this morning, hours before his meeting with Congress president Sonia Gandhi on government formation in Maharashtra, left many wondering. Asked about the Shiv Sena saying it was in talks with the NCP to form government, Mr Pawar countered: "Really?"

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court's order dismissing his bail petition in the INX Media money laundering case.