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Pakistan today rejected as "false and baseless" Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks on the 'surgical strikes' across the Line of Control in 2016 , saying "repeating a lie doesn't turn it into the truth."

As Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was on a visit to Parbhani today, six farmers allegedly tried to commit suicide at a government office in the district this morning, police said.

The CPM does not call it differences within the party but "divergent views". Whatever the name, the divergence over its relationship with the Congress party has become so wide, the once-in-five-years party congress currently under way in Hyderabad may end up voting on it.

Rahul Gandhi, the target of the ruling BJP's sharp attacks after the Supreme Court ruled that there was no need to probe Judge BH Loya death, delivered a stinging comeback on Thursday that signalled the Congress president's disagreement with the court's findings. The Supreme Court had earlier in the day rejected demands for an independent probe into the judge's death, calling the petitions that asked for the probe "scandalous".

As the Indian Air Force conducts its massive exercise - Gagan Shakti 2018 - along the China-India border in Arunachal Pradesh, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visited forward bases in Assam and Arunachal today to see the Air Force's preparedness.

Demonstrations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the UK took a violent turn and an Indian flag was torn down from one of the official flagpoles set up for the 53-nation Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting on Wednesday. PM Modi, who is in the UK for bilateral talks and the Commonwealth meet, was greeted by protesters as he met his British counterpart Theresa May.

After Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb claimed that satellite communication and the internet existed during the Mahabharata, poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar took to social media today to hit back at the Chief Minister.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today shared a poem titled 'Ramata Ram Akela' penned by him in his mother tongue - Gujarati.

All 13 candidates, including two ministers, were today declared elected unopposed to the Uttar Pradesh legislative council. The BJP had put up 10 candidates, including two UP ministers Mahendra Singh and Mohsin Raza. The BJP's ally Apna Dal (S) had also nominated one candidate.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today shared a poem titled 'Ramata Ram Akela' penned by him in his mother tongue - Gujarati.

The Supreme Court order rejecting the plea for a probe into the death of Judge B H Loya has sent out a clear message that the judiciary cannot be "misled" by allegations based on political vendetta, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today.

Shortly after the Supreme Court ruled out an investigation into the death of judge BH Loya and called the petitions for an independent probe "scandalous", Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today trained his guns at Rahul Gandhi and said the Congress chief does not want anyone outside the Gandhi family to run the country.

A woman Congress worker has complained to the party's city unit that she was allegedly molested by male colleagues on Sunday during a candle march held here to protest against the Kathua and Unnao rape cases.

Bengaluru is the most preferred city for office expansion in the Asia Pacific region, followed by Shanghai and Singapore, a report by commercial real estate services firm CBRE said on Thursday.

Here is the chronology of events leading to today's Supreme Court verdict that dismissed the pleas seeking independent probe into the death of special CBI judge B H Loya.