PM Modi kicked off the campaign for the final phase of the Lok Sabha election with a 5-km-long roadshow in Varanasi. He will file his nomination for a third term on Tuesday, following a route reminiscent of his 2019 campaign. The roadshow showcased the government's achievements over the past decade, with diverse community participation and enthusiastic support from the crowd.

Nandurbar district’s initiative to promote breastfeeding to tackle low birth weight among babies will be presented before Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is expected to address the chief secretaries’ conclave in Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh on June 16–17.

With water level of both Ganga and Yamuna rising rapidly and about to breach the danger mark in the next 12 hours, as many as 133 families in Sangam city have moved to six relief camps in Prayagraj, while the turbulent Ganga continued to swell at an alarming rate of 6cm per hour in Varanasi on Thursday.

PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday gifted a Rogan artwork to Margrethe II, the queen of Denmark. The piece was created in Nirona, Kutch, by Abdul Gafur Khatri, an artist who has won a Padma Shri. The images of the gift were shared widely on social media.

A 16-year-old boy allegedly died by suicide in Gwalior district of Madhya Pradesh by jumping in front of a moving train, leaving behind a message for the state government asking them to produce a song for him, to be sung by music composer Arijit Singh and a performance choreographed by Nepali dance fame Sushant Khatri.

CM Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said that 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav' has shown vision of a New India where there is no discrimination against any citizen on the basis of caste, creed and religion, citizens and added that citizens who are not fulfilling their civilian duty are betraying the nation.

Chunabhatti police on Saturday registered a case of extortion against three men, including an assistant sub-inspector and a constable, for allegedly blackmailing and extorting Rs 16,000 from a motorist, who was chatting with a female friend in his car on January 4.

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath arrived at the Sangam City on Saturday evening to take stock of the preparations for the proposed visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the city on December 21. The CM was accompanied by some of the senior ministers of his cabinet.

"We see hope in you and not just medals," said Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur while felicitating India's World Athletics U20 Championships medal winners on Wednesday.

Smiles writ large on the faces of scores of Kanwariyas on Sunday when the top district police and administrative officials performed petal shower on them from a chopper.

Buoyed by the success of the Rudra cave, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi meditated for a day in 2019, the Uttarakhand tourism department has started two new caves this season. Unlike Rudra cave, the new caves -- which are yet to be named -- can only be booked offline.

Ruling out Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi leading the party in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, Ghulam Nabi Azad, the new general secretary in charge of the state, on Thursday said Rahul’s ascension as party chief was “a matter of time”. The assembly elections are scheduled for early 2017 and the Congress has not declared its CM face yet.

With many of BJP rebels adamant on not withdrawing nominations, the electoral fate of at least 30 candidates including ministers, hangs in balance.

For selection of party candidates for 2017 assembly elections, All India Congress Committee has decided to send paratroopers from Delhi to UP to do the needful. Speaking to ToI, UP Congress Committee chief Nirmal Khatri said AICC had shortlisted 20 observers for this most politically sensitive and powerful state to collect feedback from ground zero and report it to the party high command.

A 16-year-old boy threw himself in front of a train in Gwalior on Monday, leaving behind a note where he pleads with the Prime Minister to fulfil his last wish of a song and dance in his name. Ajit Vanshkar, a class 11 student, wanted to be a dancer, but his family wouldn’t allow it.

Coordinating their show of dissent against the BJP government with their colleagues in New Delhi, UP Congress functionaries on Tuesday staged a demonstration in Hazratganj against the suspension of 25 Congress MPs from Parliament.

A strong performance by Congress candidate Virender Chaudhary during the Pharenda bypolls in Maharajganj has led a resurgent Congress to decide it will contest all seats in the panchayat polls scheduled for later this year.