Army troops were called in Surat, Rajkot and Mehsana cities of Gujarat on Thursday to contain tension after violence erupted over an agitation by the Patel community demanding OBC status and reservation, an army spokesman said. ...

Jammu and Kashmir's ruling coalition is opportunistic, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Thursday, and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of practising "divisive politics". ...

In the unfolding saga of the Sheena Bora murder, Mumbai police summoned Rahul Mukherjea, ex-lover of the victim and son of former media tycoon Peter Mukherjea, for a second round of questioning here on Thursday morning. ...

The WHO has declared that mothers and newborns are free from tetanus at the time of birth in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Thursday....

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday dubbed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Clean India campaign a failure, and said the youth were losing faith in the Modi government....
Union Urban Development minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday announced the list of 98 cities nominated for the Smart City Mission, saying a population of 13 crore across these cities will be covered under the initiative. ...
A court here on Thursday issued warrants for the arrest of Pakistan's former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim, Dawn reported. ...
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday questioned the "Gujarat model" of development, after violence over reservations sparked violence in the state....
On a day when the Congress denied any wrongdoing by the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust, accused of usurping land belong to farmers and selling it to an industrial house, a court in Amethi on Wednesday sought return of the land to the Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation (UPSIDC). ...
In a shocking incident, a 10-day-old baby died after being bitten by rats in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a government-run hospital in Guntur town of Andhra Pradesh....