Amritsar is witnessing a political "Mahabharat" as two stalwarts fight it out for this Lok Sabha seat. The unique thing about the election in Amritsar this time is that the two main contestants, Arun Jaitley of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh of the Congress, do not belong to the city.
Indian IT bellwether Infosys' co-founder Nandan Nilekani, who has declared assets worth Rs.7,770 crore ($1.3 billion), said that "it's time to give back to people and the country" what he got in life as he contests the Lok Sabha election.
According to the latest news one person has been repotted to be killed in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir.
India and 10 other Asian countries were formally declared polio-free by the World Health Organization (WHO) Thursday.
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Thursday promised to create "100 million jobs" for the unemployed youth of the northeastern states if his party again comes to power at the centre.
Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia had a miraculous escape Thursday when his plane caught fire at the airport here, official sources said.