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Constant patrolling along the line of control and the international border has brought down infiltration levels by 43 per cent and agencies are now working overtime to further strengthen the anti-infiltration grid.

The Congress on Monday said it deserved credit for the successful launch of the Chandrayaan 2, India's second moon mission, saying it was former prime minister Manmohan Singh who had approved the project in 2008.

Armed personnel of the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) intruded into Meghalaya's Muktapur village and threatened Indian villagers to stop construction of an internal road, locals said on Monday.

Congress leader and Minister DK Shivakumar said today that Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar has served notice to rebel lawmakers, giving them time till 11 am tomorrow to come and attend the proceedings of the House.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday lashed out at the BJP-led central government for tax notice issued to the Durga Puja Committees Forum, a top body of the worship organisers in the state.

The NDA will contest next year's Bihar assembly elections under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi said today - a comment seen as an effort to allay the tension between the two allies, simmering since the victory in the Lok Sabha elections.

Samajwadi Party lawmaker Nahid Hasan has sparked off a controversy by asking the people of his assembly constituency, Kairana, to boycott "pro-BJP" shopkeepers and instead procure their everyday necessities from Panipat in neighbouring Haryana.

Two superyachts, a game reserve, numerous undeclared high-value and vintage cars, valuable paintings and a piano previously owned by Elton John are among the assets in contention as part of a latest legal claim by Indian banks against embattled liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya in the UK High Court on Monday.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who last week sat in protest when she was stopped from meeting the families of tribals killed in UP's Sonbhadra over a land dispute, has received lavish praise from party colleague Shatrughan Sinha, who has compared her with former prime minister Indira Gandhi.

The foreign ministry has denied US President Donald Trump's claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked him to "mediate" on Kashmir. President Trump, who hosted Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan at the White House today, said, "If I can help, I would love to be a mediator".

The Supreme Court will pronounce verdict on Tuesday as to who would complete the stalled projects of embattled real estate major Amrapali Group to give respite to over 42,000 hassled home buyers.

Scarecrows traditionally perform the relatively harmless task of protecting fields from ravaging birds, but Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in Chhattisgarh have now discovered that they can serve a much darker purpose too.

The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has issued a notice to the Election Commission after a district poll panel in Punjab allegedly used the picture of a 2012 Delhi gang-rape convict on a hoarding.

With Pakistan reopening its airspace, national carrier Air India will resume flight operations on the Delhi-Kabul and the Lucknow-Najaf routes from August 5 and October 28, respectively, said Air India chief today.

The bill proposing changes in the RTI Act is regressive and aimed at undermining the independence of information commissions, social activist Aruna Roy said.