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The Congress, which returned to power after 15 years in Madhya Pradesh, has come up with an initiative to provide jobs for young people in the state. But the party, which has hugely criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remark about becoming self-employed by frying pakodas, has come up with some bizzare answers.

The Delhi High Court Monday sought response of Christian Michel, arrested in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case, and the CBI on Tihar Jail authorities' plea challenging an order allowing him to make international phone calls in violation of prison rules.

Just when industrialist Anil Ambani seemed set for a three-month jail term for failing to clear crores in dues owed to Swedish service provider Ericsson, his brother - Mukesh - today stepped in to save the day.

The sparring between India and Pakistan last month threatened to spiral out of control and only interventions by U.S officials, including National Security Advisor John Bolton, headed off a bigger conflict, five sources familiar with the events said, according to news agency Reuters.

The two years of the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh have been like a "curse" for the people who are disappointed as the dispensation "failed" on all fronts, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav claimed on Monday.

The Indian Army Monday began a 10-day military exercise with armed forces of 17 African nations at Aundh in Maharashtra, reflecting the growing strategic ties between India and the Africa continent.

China on Monday said that it would like to see the easing of tensions between India and Pakistan following the Pulwama terror attack and the issue would figure in the first strategic dialogue between Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday.

National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah Monday said the ban on Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) was a "thought-out match fixing" between the BJP and the PDP as part of election "gimmickry" to help each other.

Two persons, including a 24-year-old woman, have been arrested for allegedly killing the editor of a news magazine in Maharashtra's Thane district and then disposing of his body, police said Monday.

AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi, who filed his nomination for the Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency today, declared assets worth over Rs 13 crore.

A person cannot feed birds from a flat's balcony creating nuisance due to droppings and filth for other occupants in a residential society, the Supreme Court has said.

Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik will contest the Odisha assembly polls from two seats, Bijepur and his home turf Hinjili.

A total of 1.2 lakh people in Assam will not be able to exercise their franchise in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as they have been marked as "D" (Doubtful) voters, a senior Election Commission official said Monday.

The Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) filed a complaint against Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera today for allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct by making up an offensive acronym related to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The capacity of the fractured opposition alliance to take on the BJP in Uttar Pradesh - the most-watched state - has been a key question in the coming national election.