A high-pitch battle broke out between the BJP and Congress on Tuesday night over the Rajya Sabha elections in Gujarat where Sonia Gandhi's political aide Ahmed Patel was facing a tough contest against all-out efforts by the saffron party to stymie his attempts at seeking a fifth term.

An Indian Army soldier was killed on Tuesday in a ceasefire violation by the Pakistan Army on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir government on a plea challenging the validity of the Article 370 of the Constitution that gives special status to the state.

Dozens of posters describing local MP and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi as "missing" have come up in his Amethi parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh.

The Supreme court dismissed pleas seeking direction to make yoga compulsory in schools for students from classes 1 to 8.

A 27-year-old housewife from Beed in Maharashtra was paraded nude after she played Cupid for her brother and a girl, police said on Tuesday.

In a major setback to political leader Ahmed Patel, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Monday announced that it will vote for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in upcoming Rajya Sabha Polls in Gujarat.

As India celebrated Raksha Bandhan on Monday, a 103-year-old woman tied rakhi to Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with school kids at his residence in New Delhi.

Pakistan-origin woman Qamar Mohsin Shaikh, who has been living in India for the past 35 years, is in awe of her 'Rakhi' brother Prime Minister Narendra Modi. She credits him for everything she is today.

After holding millions of commuters to ransom on Raksha Bandhan Day, around 37,000 employees of the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) called off their 16-hour-long bus strike here on Monday.