
Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves on Monday on an eight-day tour that will take him to the five Central Asian countries of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, and to Ufa in Russia where he will attend the BRICS and SCO back-to-back summits....
indian finance minister Jaitley will leon Monday for a four-day visit to Russia to attend the inaugural meeting of the BRICS New DeIvelopment Bank at Mosco...

Expressing solidarity with poverty stricken former national pugilist Krishna Raut, Olympic bronze medallist M.C. Mary Kom on Sunday called upon the government to help the indigent sportsperson....
After enrolling 110 million members in southern states recently, the BJP plans to further strengthen its position in the region through mass contact programmes and study camps for newly-enrolled members, the party said on Sunday....
The Congress on Sunday demanded a Supreme Court-monitored CBI probe into the deaths of more than 40 people connected with the Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh, adding the matter needs to be investigated thoroughly and impartially....
Under fire for gorging on cheap food at the Parliament House canteen, many MPs feel the subsidy being given can be done away with as it was only creating a "bad press"....
Pakshi Singh, the sister of television reporter Akshay Singh who died in Madhya Pradesh under mysterious circumstances while on a trail of Vyapam scam, on Sunday demanded that his viscera should be examined outside that state for a fair investigation....
Journalist Akshay Singh, who died dramatically in Madhya Pradesh while covering the Vyapam scam, was cremated here on Sunday, with Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal attending it....

The AAP on Sunday said the Supreme Court must oversee the SIT's probe into the Vyapam scandal in Madhya Pradesh after a television reporter covering it died under mysterious circumstances....
The Goa government is "examining" a request from the partner of former minister Francisco Pacheco, who is serving a six month sentence following his conviction in an assault case, seeking the latter's pardon....