Tension prevailed as black flags were shown and swords were brandished inside the Golden Temple complex on Wednesday by radical Sikh elements who were opposing the Akal Takht jathedar (chief) Gurbachan Singh issuing his Diwali message for the Sikh community....

Former finance minister Yashwant Sinha met BJP patriarch L.K. Advani on Wednesday, a day after the BJP's old guard including Advani took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah, and demanded "thorough review" of the Bihar assembly poll debacle....
Two days after the BJP was routed in Bihar, the party's old guard including L.K. Advani on Tuesday took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah, demanding "a thorough review" of the debacle but said it can't be done by those who were responsible....

BJP veterans including L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi on Tuesday took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah over the party's rout in the Bihar elections....
Samvat 2071 proved to be the worst in four years for a key Indian equities index, which shed over 1,100 points or 4.13 percent in the Diwali-to-Diwali Hindu fiscal which drew to a close on Tuesday. ...

Kerala's Finance Minister K.M. Mani on Tuesday resigned over the bar scam in the state, following hectic political parleys all day long here in the state capital. ...
A number of eminent people representing a cross section of society on Tuesday advocated a criteria-based and transparent process in selecting judges for higher judiciary in which civil society too should have a presence. ...
As many as 142 -- or 58 percent -- of the newly-elected 243 Bihar legislators have criminal cases registered against them, a study said....

Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has said her party will secure enough votes in Myanmar's historic national elections to take control of parliament from the country's military-backed rulers. ...

Short coverings on the back of negative cues subdued investor sentiment and led a barometer index of the Indian equity markets to provisionally close 392 points down on Tuesday....