Breaking news highlights: NIA arrests 2 in Bengaluru, Thane in Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent case

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday demanded an inquiry against outgoing Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari for his decisions which were allegedly against India's Constitution.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday arrested two accused from Bengaluru and Maharashtra's Thane in connection with its probe into Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) case, the agency said.

The accused identified as Mohd Arif and Hamraz Worshid Shaikh were arrested following searches conducted in Bengaluru in Karnataka and Thane in Maharashtra on Saturday. (ANI)

Agra, Varanasi, Chennai, Pune and Ahmedabad are among the 22 cities that will complete all projects under the government's ambitious Smart Cities Mission by next month, giving their citizens better quality of life and a clean and sustainable environment, officials said on Sunday, PTI reported.

Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandviya today inspected the construction of AIIMS in Rajkot, Gujarat. "I have instructed that the hospital should be ready by October- November of this year so that it can be dedicated to the nation," he said, reports ANI.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Sunday said Maharashtra is relived with the exit of Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari but this decision should have been taken much earlier by the Centre. He demanded an inquiry if Koshyari has taken any unconstitutional decisions, PTI reported.

A 34-year-old man died after allegedly jumping in front of a train at Mayur Vihar metro station in Delhi on Sunday, the police said.

The incident took place on Sunday afternoon at Platform No.1 of the station at around 01.51pm, ANI reported.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday welcomed the appointment of retired Supreme Court judge S Abdul Nazeer as the state Governor, and looked forward to working with him in unravelling AP's full potential, PTI reported.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the Congress of underestimating the valour of the armed forces and said its governments did not carry out development work in border areas, fearing the enemy could exploit the new roads to advance into the country.

He was addressing a BJP rally here, soon after a ceremony a few kilometres away to inaugurate the first phase of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, which he said would bring pace to development in Rajasthan as well.

A student of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) from Rajasthan drowned in Ganga river in Haridwar on Sunday morning.

According to the eyewitnesses, deceased Siddharth Gehlot (21) ,electric engineering student of Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, resident of Khagad Wada Ajmeri Gate Nagaur, Rajasthan along with four other students had arrived at Ganga ghat on Sunday morning.

Leader of Opposition in Rajasthan and senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party Gulab Chand Kataria has been given the responsibility of the Governor of Assam on which he said he would "fulfil the responsibility honestly."

Talking to ANI, Gulab Chand Kataria said, "My party has always shown its trust in me." Whenever the party has given me whatever, responsibility, I have tried to fulfil it to the best of my ability."

An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 occurred at 1618 hours in Nagaon, Assam today: National Center for Seismology

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said Tripura is faced with the “triple trouble” of the Congress, CPI(M) and Tipra Motha in the ensuing assembly elections, and only a double-engine BJP government can protect the state from it, reported PTI.

Shah also said that the Left, which betrayed tribals for long in Tripura, is now projecting a tribal leader as the chief ministerial face to “dupe” people.

“If you want to be rescued from this 'triple trouble', vote for the double-engine BJP government,” Shah told a tally here in Unakoti district.

Voting for ‘triple trouble’ of Congress, CPI(M), Tipra Motha means bringing back ‘jungle raj’ in Tripura says Amit Shah

A statue of B R Ambedkar was found vandalised by unidentified miscreants in Sarai Prayag village here, police said on Sunday, PTI reported.

An FIR has been registered and efforts are on to identify the accused, they said.

According to the police, the Ambedkar statue in Gursahaiganj area was damaged by some miscreants on Saturday night.

PM Modi inaugurates first stretch of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway from Dausa, to bring Delhi and Jaipur closer by 1.30 hours.

The Chandigarh Police on Sunday used water cannon to prevent AAP workers from moving towards the BJP office here as part of their protest against the Centre over the Adani issue.

Aam Aadmi Party workers, gathered from various parts of Punjab, wanted to "gherao" the office of the Punjab BJP in Sector 37 here to register their protest against the party-led central government, PTI reported.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said the promises made by the party in Meghalaya shall be the foundation of a '5-star' state.

The Meghalaya Congress on Saturday promised one job to each household, free healthcare for all and free education for all girls up to class 12, if voted to power, reported PTI.

A fire broke out in a three-storeyed old heritage building situated about 200 metres from chief minister Bhagwant Mann's official residence.

Opposition parties and their leaders to meet Congress President and LoP Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge in his Parliament office tomorrow amid protests against the government on Adani row, reported ANI.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that Punjab's law and order situation has seen a huge improvement under the leadership of Bhagwant Mann, reported ANI.

Union Roads and Transport minister Nitin Gadkari inspected the Delhi-Mumbai expressway control room in Sohana.