Mayawati on Thursday announced that BSP would fight the Chattisgarh polls with Ajit Jogi’s Janata Congress Chattisgarh. “We have decided that in Chattisgarh, we will form an alliance to contest polls with Ajit Jogi. He has been an IAS and been with the government for long as an MP and Chief Minister of Chattisgarh. He has experience in running a government and keeps every stratum in mind. Keeping that in mind, we have come together to fight the polls and now we are announcing our decision. Of the total 90 seats in the state, BSP will fight 35 and Janata Congress Chattisgarh will fight 55.” (HT Correspondent)read more

Congress president Rahul Gandhi taking a jibe at PM Modi-led BJP Government and ‘Make in India’, said that “We want people to have mobile phones with ‘Made in Rajasthan’, ‘Made in Dungarpur’ label.” Rahul Gandhi’s comments came while he was addressing people at a rally in Dungarpur in poll-bound Rajasthan. (HT Correspondent)read more

Netflix’s Little Things will star Dhruv Sehgal as Dhruv and Mithila Palkar plays Kavya Kulkarni. read more

Following a letter from Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to PM Narendra Modi, India has confirmed a meeting between external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj and her counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi in New York later this month. (HT Correspondent)read more

Shahid Kapoor and wife Mira Rajput attended a special screening of the upcoming film Batti Gul Meter Chalu. Among others in attendance were Shahid’s mother Neelima Azam, and Shraddha Kapoor’s Stree co-star Abhishek Bannerjee. The film opens across India on Friday. (HT Correspondent)read more

Alia Bhatt, Shamita Shetty, Ananya Pandey were spotted in Juhu on Thursday. Anushka Sharma attended the Priyadarshini Academy Global Awards in Mumbai where she was given the Smita Patil award. Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, Yami Gautam attend promotions of Batti Gul Meter Chalu in Mumbai. (HT Correspondent)read more

Dancer-Actress Nora Fatehi set to sing an Arabic adaptation of the song ‘Dilbar’. Fatehi is collaborating with renowned Morocco band ‘Fnaire’ for her singing debut. Nora is currently shooting a video for the song in Mumbai. The band has been flown down to India. Her song ‘Dilbar’ continues to break records and top charts all across the world. The video and song will be released by T-series in October. Nora has a massive fan following not just in the subcontinent but in the Middle East too.read more

A 90-minute gunfight in which the Uttar Pradesh police shot dead two criminals in Aligarh Thursday morning was captured on video after local media reached the spot but the administration insisted they hadn’t been invited. (HT Correspondent)read more

Jharkhand spinner Shahbaz Nadeem on Thursday broke a two-decade-old world record for best bowling figures in List A cricket, with an incredible haul of 8/10 against Rajasthan in the Vijay Hazare Trophy here. The record was earlier held by former Indian left-arm spinner Rahul Sanghvi, who had picked up 8/15 for Delhi against Himachal Pradesh in 1997-98. (HT Correspondent)read more

A leopard was caught by forest department in Bageshwar’s Dhangar village on Thursday. The officials had laid a trap to catch the leopard a week ago. A forest official said, “The trap was laid a week ago and was being monitored. The team had its eye on the leopard’s movement. Today at 5 am we caught the cat and brought it here.” The leopard has killed four children till now. Locals are breathing easy after the beast was caught by officials. (HT Correspondent)read more

The accused had met the complainant on Shaadi.com, a virtual matrimonial platform. read more

Shraddha Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor get candid with RJ Stutee ahead of their upcoming film Batti Gul Meter Chalu on Hindustan Times’ Aur Batao. Shraddha Kapoor talks about how Shahid Kapoor has changed since she worked with him last in Haider while Shahid talks about his character in Batti Gul Meter Chalu. Both Shahid and Shraddha also spice up Stutee’s Never Have I Ever challenge by revealing if they’ve ever fallen in love while being committed and if they’ve ever lied to the media about a romantic relationship. (Hindustan Times)read more

Several passengers on a Jet Airways Mumbai-Jaipur flight suffered nose and ear bleeding on Thursday morning as the crew forgot to switch on the system to maintain cabin pressure, the DGCA said. “The 9W 697 Mumbai-Jaipur flight was turned back to Mumbai after take off as, during the climb, crew forgot to select switch to maintain cabin pressure. This resulted in the oxygen masks dropping. Thirty out of 166 passengers experienced nose and ear bleeding, some also complained of headache,” Lalit Gupta, deputy director general, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), said. The crew has been taken off duty and Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has started an investigation, DGCA added. The passengers are being treated at Mumbai airport.read more

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in have visited a crater lake atop a volcano considered sacred in North Korea on the last day of Moon’s visit for summit talks on the nuclear standoff and other inter-Korean affairs. Dressed in long black coats and accompanied by their wives, Kim and Moon raised their grasped hands while posing in front of the lake at Mount Paektu on Thursday. The leaders rode together in a cable car to reach the lake. Moon says relations between the rivals should improve so that more South Koreans can visit the volcano. Kim says Mount Paektu has become a “subject of yearning” for South Koreans and Koreans living abroad. Moon plans to return to the South later on Thursday.read more

Badhaai Ho first song Badhaaiyan Tenu continues in the same vein as the film’s trailer with the entire household, including Ayushmann Khurrana, becoming the butt of jokes as mother Neena Gupta is pregnant. read more