Politics

Several reports have claimed that Netaji had boarded a plane from Taihoku Airport in Taiwan, which crashed leading to the death of the great leader. However, no confirmation of his death.

Yediyurappa's announcement comes amid signs that the scandal is gaining political steam ever since disqualified JDS MLA AH Vishwanath dropped the political bomb, accusing the HD Kumarswamy government of tapping phones and spying on more than 300 leaders.

Police had raided the house of Singh, a multiple-term MLA from Mokama at Ladma village in Barh sub-division following a tip-off and seized an AK-47 rifle, a magazine, live cartridges and two hand grenades.

Tharoor's alleged statement had sparked off a controversy with the saffron party demanding an apology from the Congress leader.

The minister also accused Congress leader P Chidambaram of communalising the issue and said people of Jammu and Kashmir were happy with the decision to revoke the state's special status under Article 370.

Rahul Gandhi said both Central and state governments should take measures to provide compensation to the flood-hit people as soon as possible.

Alleging that BJP revoked the Article with its 'muscle power', he said the situation in Jammu and Kashmir was unstable and that international news agencies were covering the unrest, but not Indian media houses.

At a programme held in memory of the three-time chief minister, Gandhi said that Dikshit never shied away from shouldering responsibility no matter how challenging.

Manohar Lal Khattar courted a controversy with his remarks that some people of Haryana are saying that they "can now get brides from Kashmir", apparently in a reference to the scrapping of the special status for Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370.

Khattar 'joked' at a rally that now people say that since Kashmir is open, men from Haryana can bring girls from there.

The Bharatiya Janata Party also appointed its senior leaders OP Mathur and Bhupinder Yadav as poll incharges for Jharkhand and Maharashtra respectively.

In a special broadcast, Modi also urged the film industry across India and the private sector to pick Jammu and Kashmir as an investment destination, while promising benefits for state government employees and police personnel at par with the rest of Indi...

The flood situation in parts of the state remained grim on Wednesday with nearly 26,000 people being evacuated and five people killed in rain-related incidents in the past three days.

Ten Congress MLAs, led by the then Leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar, had joined the BJP around a month back. After that, Congress's strength in the Assembly came down to five from 15, while the number of BJP MLAs grew from 17 to 27.

At a meeting of the Congress's highest decision-making body, the party accused the BJP of violating constitutional law, the states' rights, parliamentary procedure and democratic governance.

Telangana CM also announced the release of Rs 100 crore for development of Dharmapuri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple and Rs 10 crore for civic body and funds for villages nearby.