A major fire broke out in a factory in the Gujarat industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) estate in Vaghodia near Vadodara on Saturday morning. Firefighters have still not been able to completely douse the flames in the agro-based factory. ....

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday hit back at former Congress president Rahul Gandhi over his statement on face-off between Indian and Chinese soldiers in Galwan Valley in Ladakh and advised him to rise above "petty politics". ....

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that Chinese troops did not intrude into Indian territory, the Congress on Saturday once again slammed the government saying his remarks contradicts earlier statements made by Chief of Army Staff M.M. Narvane, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and the External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. ....

Ladakh stand-off was in the mind of Prime Minister Narendra Modi even while he was launching a mega employment scheme for rural workers, on Saturday. ....

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday sharpened his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that he has surrendered Indian territory to Chinese aggression, a day after the Prime Minister asserted that Chinese troops did not intrude into Indian territory. ....

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi said there are no foreign incursions into India, China has once again claimed that Galwan valley of Ladakh union territory is located on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC). ....

India on Saturday witnessed its worst-ever spike of COVID-19 cases as it registered 14,516 positive cases, the highest ever, in the last 24 hours. With this the total corona tally in India reached 3,95,048, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data revealed. ....

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and ruling ally Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar on Friday offered the state's full support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the ongoing face-off with China, official sources said. ....

After the release of 10 Indian Army personnel, including four officers, from Chinese People's Liberation Army captivity, the process of disengagement of troops will continue next week, sources said. ....

Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa's home-office in the city centre was shut for sanitisation after the husband of a woman employee working there tested COVID-19 positive, an official said on Friday. ....

The first preference voting for four Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat ended on Friday afternoon. After the voting, the victory of three candidates -- two of the BJP and one from the Congress -- is being considered as confirmed. However, the outcome in one seat still hangs in the balance. ....

The Supreme Court Friday refused to stay any ground work pertaining to the Central Vista project. ....

The IIT-Kanpur has launched mass production of N95 and N99 masks on its campus from Thursday. The institute has set a manufacturing target of 25,000 masks per day. ....

The 20 Indian soldiers killed in the violent stand-off with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Galwan valley of Ladakh, did not use the firearms they were carrying as per the two bilateral agreements between India and China. ....

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Friday targeted the Uttar Pradesh government over an FIR against a journalist in Varanasi, alleging the state government has registered FIRs against journalists, former officials and the Opposition for bringing the truth to light. ....

Soon after Union Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik said that the attack on the Indian soldiers by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) was pre-planned, former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi sharpened his attack on the Narendra Modi government saying the government was caught sleeping. ....

The 12-day complete lockdown in Tamil Nadu's capital city Chennai and three neighbouring districts-Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu and Tiruvallur-began on Friday morning with deserted roads and shops closed. ....

Polling took place in the assembly premises on Friday for three Rajya Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was the first to vote. ....

Sonia Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee, Sharad Pawar, Sitaram Yechury will be among several opposition leaders who are expected to attend Friday's all-party meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the killing of 20 Indian soldiers by Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) in the Galwan valley. ....

Pakistan resorted to heavy shelling on Friday to violate ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district. ....