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The central government has given the CBI permission to prosecute former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram in a money laundering case related to INX Media, sources said. The central probe agency had placed a request in this regard on January 21.

Amid calls for India to boycott its June 16 cricket World Cup clash against Pakistan in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday said forfeiting the match would not just cost two points but also be "worse than surrender".

Seven people including two women and four children of the same family were charred to death in West Bengal's Purulia district in the early hours of Friday, police said. The reason for the fire has not yet been ascertained.

A Delhi court Friday extended till February 25 the interim bail granted to Rajiv Saxena who has been arrested in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland money-laundering case.

In his first address in Tamil Nadu after forging a coalition with AIADMK and PMK, Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Friday called the alliance of Congress and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) as synonymous with corruption.

After Twitter, a parliamentary panel has summoned representatives of Facebook, its messaging services WhatsApp and photo-sharing app Instagram to appear before it early next month and discuss concerns over safeguarding "citizens' rights on social media".

Robert Vadra, brother-in-law of Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Friday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for the fifth time in connection with a money laundering case related to purchase of alleged illegal assets abroad, officials said.

The Congress lawmakers in Punjab have come out in support of minister Navjot Sidhu, who was attacked by the opposition for his comment that an entire nation cannot be blamed for the Pulwama terror attack.

A Japanese space probe named after a falcon, Hayabusa 2, has touched down on an asteroid more than 300 million kmfrom Earth on a mission to seek clues about the origins of life, Japan's space agency said on Friday.

The family of a London teenager who joined the ISIS in Syria said Friday it would challenge the British government's decision to revoke her citizenship.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi today undertook a 10-km trek up a steep stairway to the Lord Venkateswara temple at Tirumala in Andhra Pradesh, so he could offer prayers to the presiding deity. He was accompanied by senior party leaders, including Oommen Chandy, T Subbarami Reddy and JD Seelam, besides hundreds of supporters on his two-hour-long hike to the top.

The National Green Tribunal has dismissed a plea seeking review of its order refusing permission for registration of new vehicles of municipal corporations for garbage disposal.

The Supreme Court on Friday sought a detailed response from the Election Commission of India (ECI) to a plea seeking audit of the source code of voter-verified paper audit trails (VVPATs) and electronic voting machines (EVMs).

Rajnikanth met actor-turned-politician Vijayakant today, who returned to India last week after being in the US for a medical treatment, at his home. Rajinikanth said that his visit was personal and there was not a "single drop of politics" involved in the meet.

A total of 17.9 kg of gold worth Rs 6.24 crore has been seized and six people have been arrested in this connection, directorate of revenue intelligence officials said on Friday.