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Accusing the BJP of "polarizing the country to hide its failures", National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Thursday said it was time to forge unity and give a befitting reply to those who were "hell bent to destroy our social fabric".

Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari on Thursday termed AAP national convener and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal the "king of U-turns", which, he said, was evident by the ruling party's "entreaties" to the Congress for an alliance for the upcoming general elections.

The State Administrative Council (SAC), which met on Thursday, has approved reservation benefits to people living along the international border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir.

The Gujarat Government informed the Legislative Assembly Thursday that more than 400 fishermen from the state are lodged in jails in Pakistan at present.

The Odisha government on Thursday shed its initial hesitation to implement the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PMKSN) - a central scheme aimed at providing income support to small and marginal farmers - and agreed to extend all possible assistance for implementing it in the state, news agency PTI has reported.

Accusing a Delhi-based non-profit organization, Mission Netaji, of running a "sinister campaign" to taint Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's image by claiming that the leader lived in Uttar Pradesh as a hermit named Gumnami Baba, the members of Netaji's family on Thursday urged the centre to release all Intelligence Bureau (IB) files on him.

In the run up to the Lok Sabha elections, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Thursday announced that if the AAP wins all seven seats, his party will ensure that Delhi gets full statehood status within two years.

Former Superintendent of Police (SP) of Punjab Police, Salwinder Singh, was on Thursday sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment in a case of rape registered against him.

A 28-year man died after he was allegedly beaten up by members of a club when he protested the molestation of his two female friends by them in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, police said Thursday.

The CBI has registered a preliminary inquiry against unidentified Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) personnel for allegedly granting favours to close relatives of "public servants" in an examination meant to select additional private secretaries under the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) rule in 2010, news agency PTI quoted officials as saying on Thursday.

China, which has developed strong strategic ties with Pakistan, has been repeatedly blocking a statement on the Pulwama terror attack by the UN Security Council for the last six days

Congress president Rahul Gandhi will take a final call on party candidates for the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi, for which 70 leaders have filed their applications, Delhi Congress chief Sheila Dikshit said on Thursday.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Thursday said loans of 25-30 lakh farmers in the state will be completely waived off in another 15 days.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said that the government has decided to stop "our share of water that used to flow to Pakistan", a week after 40 CRPF soldiers were killed in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama.

The BJP-Shiv Sena truce in Maharashtra has left their National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partner, Ramdas Athawale, upset as the seat sharing scheme didn't have even one seat for him.