A man accused of killing peacocks was set upon and thrashed by a mob in Lasudiya Atri village in Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh, in what is a third reported case of mob-related violence from the state in as many days
Former interlocutor on Naga talks RN Ravi has been appointed as Nagaland governor, according to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique. Noted lawyer and former Janata Dal legislator Jagdeep Dhankhar was appointed as the West Bengal governor.
A newborn baby, wrapped in plastic, who was left by a woman in a drain in Haryana's Kaithal district was pulled out from the drain by a pack of stray dogs, the police said.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Saturday accused the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh of being "dictatorially inclined" and said party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's "imprisonment" at Chunar guesthouse is an attempt to trample upon democracy.
As Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit India later this year for his second informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, China has said the two neighbours should not allow any "individual case" to disrupt the bilateral relations and take more initiatives to move forward the bilateral ties in a steady and sound way.
In a veiled attack on Congress, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman connected her idea of carrying Budget documents wrapped in a red cloth instead of a briefcase with alleged corruption in the previous UPA government at the Centre.
BSP chief Mayawati on Saturday alleged that the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh was using Section 144 to hide its shortcomings and not allowing anyone to visit Sonbhadra, where 10 people were gunned down this week.
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has accepted Navjot Singh Sidhu's resignation as state minister. Mr Sidhu had refused to join the new ministry allocated to him after a state cabinet reshuffle on June 6 stripped him of the local bodies ministry.
Fifty seven people have been arrested after three factories producing "highly toxic synthetic milk" were raided in the Gwalior-Chambal region of Madhya Pradesh, the Special Task Force of the state police has said.
After nearly 41 lakh people in Assam were left out of the draft National Register of Citizens, about 25 lakh people have sent a petition to the Centre for re-verification and it is under the consideration of the Union Home Ministry.
Edited by Debanish Achom | Saturday July 20, 2019, New Delhi
Pakistani forces today targeted Indian positions along the Line of Control (LoC) in Mankote and KG sectors in Jammu and Kashmir's Mendhar, after which the Indian Army also opened up on the Pakistani posts in retaliation against the ceasefire violation.
Edited by Swati Bhasin | Saturday July 20, 2019, Varanasi
Ateam of the Trinamool Congress, led by party leader Derek O' Brien, was stopped at the Varanasi airport this morning when the party members were on their way to meet those affected by shootout in Sonbhadra earlier this week.
The Congress alleged today that the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh wants to "deport" party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra so that she cannot meet the victims of the Sonbhadra clash.
Edited by Prionka Jha | Saturday July 20, 2019, New Delhi
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was stopped on Friday when she was on her way to meet the families affected by the Sonbhadra shootout.
