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Mulayam Singh Yadav did not announce a new party today, as was widely expected, but he declared instead that it was his estranged son Akhilesh Yadav who had quit the Samajwadi Party. "He is my son and so has my blessings but I do not agree with his decisions," said the Samajwadi Party patron.

Scores of juvenile inmates, including killers and rapists, staged a mass breakout from a detention centre in Bihar after cutting through metal windows and gates, police said Monday.

To boost the Congress's campaign for the forthcoming Gujarat assembly elections, party Vice President Rahul Gandhi has started his three-day roadshow in the politically significant Saurashtra region. The Congress Vice President will begin his roadshow after visiting the Dwarkadhish Temple in Dwarka. He will later move through various parts of Dev Bhoomi Dwarka district on the first day before stopping at Jamnagar. Over the next two days his roadshow will move through Jamnagar, Morbi, Rajkot and Surendranagar districts.

Rahul Gandhi has it all wrong - dynasty or family connections in launching careers is "a tradition of the Congress and not of India", NDTV has learnt BJP chief Amit Shah said today, responding to the Congress Vice President's controversial remarks at Berkeley in California last month.

Rinkesh Prasad Singh, a clerk in the Bihar Regimental Centre, allegedly shot jawan Santosh Singh at his home in the Danapur Cantonment. Rinkesh Singh then killed himself.

Former home secretary Rajiv Mehrishi took over as the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India today. President Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath of office and secrecy to Mr Mehrishi at a function in Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Mukul Roy, one of the founder members of Mamata Banerjee's party, has today announced he is quitting the Trinamool Congress. He has resigned from the party's working committee today, and says he will soon surrender his membership of the party and of the Rajya Sabha.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to counter critics of the government's economic policies and address worries over jobs and a slowdown in economic growth when he speaks at a meeting of the BJP's national executive at Delhi's Talkatora stadium this evening. About 2,500 members of the ruling party, including 13 Chief Ministers and all its elected lawmakers - 1,400 legislators and 280 parliamentarians - are attending today's meet, Day 2 of the national executive.

Weeks after the murder of a Class 2 student in a toilet, Gurgaon's Ryan International School opened today with 40 new CCTV cameras and a new security agency guarding its premises.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched 'Saubhagya' power scheme on the day BJP held it's first ever televised National Executive Meeting from 10 am to 5 pm in New Delhi. The free provides free electricity connection to poor people in the country.

The problem of unemployment would not have acquired such proportions if India had initiated the skilling mission for its youth soon after Independence, Union Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said here on Sunday.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti tweeted for the first time today by posting a five-minute promotional film on the state's culture.

Addressing Sangh volunteers here on the Vijayadashmi Utsav organised by the Sangh, the joint general secretary of RSS said no person living in "our streets, our towns can be untouchable".

An institute founded by Harsh Mander, the former IAS officer who is running a nationwide campaign against lynchings by cow vigilantes, has come under the radar of the Income Tax department.

A Pakistani court conducting the trial of seven Mumbai terror attack suspects has ordered the Federal Investigation Agency to appoint a focal person to press for bringing 24 Indian witnesses in Lahore to record their statements in the case.