Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday targeted Congress party over P Chidambaram not surrendering before the CBI in a corruption case against him. They said the latter must be ashamed of its leader who has turned into an absconder after Delhi High Court rejected his anticipatory bail plea in the matter.

Rahul Gandhi tagged the development as "disgraceful misuse of power", his sister Priyanka Gandhi said the former minister was being "shamefully hunted down".

The Enforcement Directorate and the Central Bureau of Investigation have issued lookout notice for P Chidambaram, who has been absconding since Delhi High Court rejected his anticipatory bail plea.

In the inducted ministers, 18 happens to be the new faces. Four ministers of state (independent charge) have been elevated to cabinet rank while a minister of state has been rewarded with minister of state (independent charge) rank.

According to Chaderghat police, Chekkala Anand, a carpenter from Jillellaguda area was returning home in a Multi-Modal Transport Service train (local train) after completing his work at Begumpet.

"An extremely qualified and respected member of the Rajya Sabha, @PChidambaram_IN ji has served our nation with loyalty for decades including as Finance Minister & Home Minister," Priyanka Gandhi said in a two-part tweet.

It is expected that Congress will present a good track record of P Chidambaram; claiming that he has always responded to all the summons by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED). They will also argue over the fact that there is no legal ground for his arrest.

A set of resignations were seen on Tuesday, hinting a major shakeup of the ministry as RSS leaders met top leaders in the government and BJP organization.

P Chidambaram, immediately knocked the doors of Supreme Court. The apex body will hear him on Wednesday. Officials of the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) visited his residence to arrest him but he was not available there.

Delhi has been put on high alert as water in Yamuna river is inching towards the danger mark. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is taking stock of the situation and has asked the government departments to stay prepared to tackle the situation.

Hindustan Times quoted officials saying that the government has made necessary arrangement to open 190 primary schools while security officials remained deployed in the valley.

"If talks are held with Pakistan, it will now be on PoK (Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir)," Mr Singh said while addressing a public meeting in Haryana, where assembly elections are expected in October.

Addressing a gathering in Mavlankar Hall, Constitution Club of New Delhi on the topic 'Abolition of Triple Talaq: Correcting a Historic Wrong' on Sunday, BJP president said that everyone was convinced with the idea of removing the malpractice but Congress let it evolved in the past for mere votes.

BJP leader Shazia Ilmi on Friday confronted Pakistani supporters raising slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and India in South Korea's capital Seoul.

The Jammu and Kashmir police said the prohibitory orders, banning large gatherings, have been relaxed in parts of the valley for the time being. Heavy security, however, continue to be in place.

A fire incident has been reported near an emergency ward of the AIIMS hospital in Delhi. The fire department has now controlled the situation with no reports of casualty.

The 64-year-old leader, a member of parliament in the Lok Sabha of the Indian Parliament representing the Ahmedabad East constituency, tweeted that Imran Khan's current situation is like a school kid who had prepared whole year for Narendra Modi, but the examiner asked Amit Shah in the examination.

66-year-old Arun Jaitley was admitted after he complained of breathlessness and restlessness. A multidisciplinary team of doctors is supervising his treatment at the cardio-neuro centre, news agency Press Trust of India reported.