A criminal defamation case has been registered against Rahul Gandhi & Sitaram Yechuri by RSS activist Dhrutiman Joshi in Mumbai Court. Next date of hearing is 22 April.
Radio Pakistan: Pakistan has decided to release 360 Indian prisoners on humanitarian basis upon completion of their sentences, from next Monday (08 April).
IAF Sources in response to question asked on US media report which questioned IAF version of Pakistan F-16 shot down by IAF MIG Bison Jet: Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman shot down Pakistan Air Force F-16 aircraft 7-8 km inside Pakistan Occupied Area in Sabzkot area there.
PM Modi in Amroha: I would like to thank the Government of UAE and people of UAE for honouring me with the Zayed medal. This is not an award given to Modi but to the Indian people.
Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy: Election Commission and Income Tax Department are literally harassing me and my family. Let the EC officials perform their duties, but don’t harass us on mere suspicion.
Bengaluru: Two people died after a portion of an under construction building collapsed in Yeshwanthpur, around 4 am today.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi, accompanied by his sister Priyanka Gandhi, on Thursday filed his nomination papers from Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala. Rahul Gandhi, for the first time, will contest Lok Sabha election from two seats. Apart from Wayanad, Rahul will also seek his third straight term from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, a Congress bastion.
Senior Dalit leader and chief of the Bahujan Vanchit Aghadi (BVA), Prakash Ambedkar, has been booked for his threat to "jail the Election Commission" if elected to power in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2019. The FIR against him was registered in Yavatmal, where the three-time MP made the contentious remarks during a rally on Wednesday.
On the cancellation of the second round of Kartarpur talks with Pakistan, India on Thursday expressed its disappointment, charging the neighbouring nation of not addressing its concerns over the presence of a prominent pro-Khalistan leader on their panel. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday issued a statement putting the onus on Islamabad for the delay in dialogue.
Events which are going to take place today are:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold elections rallies in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will hold a rally in Ghaziabad.
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