Close to 40,000 people - young and old, domestic and international tourists - on Saturday witnessed the 63rd edition of the Nehru Boat Race at the Vembanad lake here....

Actresses Salma Agha and Shasha Agha during a press conference regarding culling of street dogs in Kerala; in Mumbai on Aug 7, 2015. ...
Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday stressed on the need to protect cows, saying even the Mughals, who ruled India between the 16th and 18th centuries, knew that they could not rule with open support to cow slaughter....
Six journalists' bodies have condemned the information and broadcasting ministry for its show-cause notice to TV channels over coverage of Yakub Memon's hanging, saying it is an attempt to intimidate the media....
On July 30, the usually combative Uma Bharti, the union minister for water resources, exhibited a diffident demeanor in the Lok Sabha when she gave out that China may construct three more hydropower projects on the Brahmaputra in Tibet (called Yarlung Tsangpo there) under its recently announced 12th Five Year Plan....
President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday appointed Ram Nath Kovind and Acharya Dev Vrat as the governors of Bihar and Himachal Pradesh respectively, an official said....

Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh on Saturday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi, seeking a copy of the recently signed Naga peace accord....
The government has plans to provide free fodder to the owners of cows which have stopped yielding milk to prevent them from turning into a burden, union minster Prakash Javadekar said here on Saturday. ...
England regained the Ashes by sealing an innings and 78-run victory over Australia on the third day of the fourth Test here on Saturday. ...
Mumbai Police are investigating an incident of attempted rape of a 22-year old woman by an unidentified person in a running suburban train of the Western Railway, officials said here on Saturday. ...