
Opposition parties, including the Congress and AAP, on Thursday attacked the Narendra Modi government after veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani's remarks that forces that can crush democracy were stronger at present and a repeat of an Emergency-like situation cannot be ruled out....
India's research reactors will not be covered under the newly set-up nuclear insurance pool as they are owned by the union government, a top official of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) has said....

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hopes Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif "will continue to engage with each other" to try to resolve the Kashmir situation "peacefully and amicably", according to Ban's deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq....
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's phone call to his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif has helped reduce tension between the two countries, a daily said on Thursday....
he Supreme Court will on Friday hear a plea to re-conduct the All India Pre Medical Test (AIPMT) examination it cancelled on Monday following a leak of the question papers. ...

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday met the family of Punjab farmer Surjit Singh, who had committed suicide on June 11, and expressed solidarity with them. ...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said he agreed with senior BJP leader L.K. Advani who expressed fear over return of Emergency in the country by saying that "forces that can crush democracy have become stronger". ...
BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi - better known these days as SuMo to rhyme with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's NaMo - is seemingly a worried man ever since his party made it clear that there won't be a chief ministerial candidate ahead of the Bihar assembly elections....

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday supported veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani's statement in which he had not ruled out an Emergency- like situation in the country again....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted the Muslim community on the start of the holy month of Ramadan. ...