Senior Shiromani Akali Dal leader and former Minister Ajit Singh Kohar has passed away in Jalandhar following a heart attack, family sources said on Monday. Kohar was 78. He was the sitting legislator from Shahkot assembly seat in Jalandhar district. Family sources said that Kohar felt uneasiness after having dinner and was rushed to a private hospital ...
BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha on Sunday joined disgruntled party leader Yashwant Sinha's sit-in in Narsinghpur. ...
Hundreds of thousands of people of all ages came out in protest in the Greek capital Athens on Sunday over a long-running dispute with a neighbouring country whose official name includes the word "Macedonia"....

All efforts are being made to trace the merchant ship that went missing near west Africa with 22 Indians onboard, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Sunday. ...
Four Indian soldiers, including an officer, were killed and four other persons were injured on Sunday in Pakistani firing on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri and Poonch districts, defence officials said....
The Congress-led UDF is trying to get the Kerala Congress-Mani back into the opposition combine ahead of a by-election in the state....

Bringing the rift in the CPI-M into the open, some party leaders from Kerala slammed General Secretary Sitaram Yechury at a meet here on Sunday, a day after he confirmed that a complaint has been received against State Secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan's son for alleged fraud. ...
A Rajya Sabha Member of the Congress said he is feeling "depressed, dejected and ashamed" at being called "mad and a laughing stock" by the Chair on Friday, even though the remarks were later expunged by the Chair....

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday condemned the alleged "honour killing" of a 23-year-old photographer in the city and assured that stern action would be taken against the accused....

With Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's scheduled visit to the Sikh holy city of Amritsar in Punjab just over a fortnight away, it is still not clear whether Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh will play host to the visiting dignitary or not. ...