Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday described Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan's decision to suspend 25 party MPs as "unfortunate" and said she was pressurized by the government....

An all-party meeting called by the Narendra Modi government on Monday failed to break the parliamentary logjam, with the Congress and the NDA government reiterating their positions on resignations over the Lalit Modi and Vyapam issues....

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said there were "various important issues to be discussed in parliament", and the Congress must allow the house to function....
Filmmaker Nishikant Kamat's thriller drama film "Drishyam", starring Ajay Devgn, Tabu and Shriya Saran in pivotal roles, managed an opening weekend collection of Rs 30.03 crore....
Louis Berger group's former vice president Satyakam Mohanty was arrested here on Monday by the Crime Branch for paying off Goa politicians and officials in 2010 while he was serving as the head of the international consultancy firm in India. ...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said he will not contest the upcoming state assembly elections....
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea by former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala, his son Ajay Chautala and others, challenging the Delhi High Court verdict, upholding their conviction and sentencing in the 1999 JBT teachers' recruitment scam....

Accusing the government of adopting a "brazen" attitude, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday stuck to the demand for the resignations of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and two BJP chief ministers before parliament could function. ...
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Monday suspended 25 Congress members for five days for "willfully obstructing the business of the house"....
An all-party meeting called by the Narendra Modi government on Monday failed to break the parliamentary logjam, with the Congress and the NDA government reiterating their positions on resignations over the Lalit Modi and Vyapam issues. ...