
RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Friday accused BJP president Amit Shah of insulting nearly 11 crore Biharis by saying firecrackers would be burst in celebration in Pakistan if the BJP loses in the Bihar assembly polls. He said Shah has "gone mad"....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday targeted Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad, saying both will pay a price for insulting and abusing Biharis after being tired of abusing him....
A man who had set himself ablaze in August over the denial of special category status to Andhra Pradesh died at a hospital on Friday in Eluru, police said....
An earthquake of slight intensity jolted India's north-eastern states and parts of Bangladesh in the early hours of Friday, an official said. ...
The Gujarat Congress on Thursday said it would contest the local body elections next month with a promise of quota for economically weaker sections among the forward castes. ...
After writers and artistes, 53 historians on Thursday protested against the 'rising intolerance' and "highly vitiated atmosphere in the country, characterised by various forms of intolerance"....
The Congress on Thursday termed the action of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in sacking eight of his ministers as an action that was "too little, too late". ...

The Karnataka ministry was expanded on Thursday here, with the induction of four new cabinet ministers....
A Saudi blogger sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for insulting Muslim clerics has won the European Union’s prestigious Sakharov Prize for human rights, the media reported....
As the long wait for justice over the 1984 anti-Sikh riots continues, Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit feels that the government failed in maintaining law and order situation during the violence, in which thousands of people were killed....