The central government has cleared the Kerala Tourism Department's proposal to create world-class infrastructure in Pathanamthitta-Gavi-Vagamon-Thekkady region of the southern state. ...

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has asserted that war with India was not an option, media reported on Friday....
A 19-year-old nurse was raped in a moving bus here by its driver while the bus cleaner drove it, police said on Friday. The driver has been arrested....

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi met the family of a farmer who committed suicide due to debt, and later offered prayers at the Takht Damdama Sahib in Punjab's Bathinda district on Friday....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said almost every key indicator of the Indian economy was better placed today than 17 months ago when his government took office, and that reforms will be pursued in the right earnest. ...

Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli on Friday criticized India for raking up human rights abuses in the Himalayan nation at a UN Human Rights Council meet in Geneva....
The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking a law to prohibit cow slaughter and sale of beef and its products across the national capital region (NCR)....

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said the country is deeply concerned at the "blatant violation" of right to freedom of thought, belief and speech and termed such incidents as an "assault to nation"....

The government's decision to hand over all cases related to arrested mafia don Rajendra Nikhalje alias Chhota Rajan to the CBI assumed political overtones here on Friday, with two opposition parties saying it would demoralise the Mumbai police....
Long-absconding underworld don Rajendra Nikhalje alias Chhota Rajan on Friday was brought to the national capital from Indonesia, officials said. ...