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Bengali actor and Trinamool Congress MP Nusrat Jahan, who was admitted to the ICU of Apollo Gleneagles hospital following respiratory distress on Sunday night, was discharged on Monday evening, sources close to her said, dismissing reports of drug overdose as "rumours".

A crematorium is considered as an inauspicious place and one seldom wants to go there.

A couple moved the Gujarat High Court on Monday, seeking custody of their two daughters who are being allegedly held in illegal confinement at an institution run by self-styled godman Swami Nithyananda.

Dismissing the Trinamool Congress' charge that he was running a parallel government in the state, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday alleged that while the Chief Secretary has not called on him for 50 days, he was still waiting for the Chief Minister to brief him on cyclone Bulbul which left a trail of destruction in several districts of the state earlier this month.

Bangladesh's Awami League today said the party is expecting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be the keynote speaker at former prime minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's birth centenary celebrations in March next year.

In the first cabinet meeting of the newly formed BJP-JJP regime, the Haryana government today decided to double the House Rent Allowance (HRA) admissible to ministers.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Monday expressed confidence that he would notch up a historic win from Jamshedpur (East) seat following his five years of developmental works in the state.

Hours after Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar met Congress president Sonia Gandhi to discuss the Maharashtra situation, he was visited at his home by Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday. Although Mr Raut did not let on much about the discussions that ensued, he claimed that the day was not far when the state would have a Sena-led coalition at its helm.

The Gujarat government on Monday appointed retired IAS officer VS Gadhavi to inquire allegations of misconduct against suspended IAS officer Gaurav Dahiya, an official said.

About 80 blackbucks that inhabit the grounds around Mughal emperor Akbar's tomb in Sikandra in Agra will now get a new home, an official said.

India will launch its cartography satellite Cartosat-3 and 13 commercial nanosatellites into sun synchronous orbit on November 25, the Indian space agency said today.

India was committed to achieve $26 billion defence industry by 2025, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said in Thailand capital Bangkok on Monday.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla warned members from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and opposition Trinamool Congress (TMC) by saying, "don't turn the Lok Sabha into the West Bengal Assembly" when they clashed during a debate on a bill to amend the Chit Funds Act.

The BJP on Monday held its NDA ally AJSU party responsible for not being able to reach a seat-sharing arrangement between the two parties for the Jharkhand assembly polls.

A surprise awaited the members of the Rajya Sabha as he upper house of parliament opened for its 250th session today. The marshals of the Rajya Sabha, dressed traditionally in Indian attire complete with turbans, were seen in uniforms that closely resembled that of the armed forces.