Ayodhya, Senior BJP leader Subramanium Swamy has claimed that the construction of the grand Ram temple in Ayodhya will commence by November.

He also stated that the decision of the Supreme Court, which is hearing the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit, will be in favour of the Ram temple.

New Delhi, Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, who has failed to get relief despite trying every legal remedy to end his Tihar Jail stay, now seems set to celebrate his 74th birthday on Monday inside the prison.

The former Union Minister, born in 1945 in Kanadukathan in Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu, is in judicial custody till September 19 in the INX Media corruption case that the Central Bureau of Investigation is probing .

His bail plea is pending in the Delhi High Court that will take it up for hearing on September 23.

New Delhi, The Congress has asked state units and office-bearers to mandatorily conduct one-hour padyatra at state and district headquarters on October 2.

The top party leadership, including interim Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, will take part in the padyatra. The programme of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi is also being finalised. Sonia Gandhi would participate in the padyatra in the national capital, said a source.

Chennai, The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the Paattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), two major political parties of Tamil Nadu, here on Saturday, said imposition of Hindi on the pretext of 'one nation, one language' would prove disastrous for the country.

They were reacting to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's tweet on the importance of India having one language to have a global identity.

Bhubaneswar, A Nagaland-registered truck was fined a whopping Rs 6.53 lakh for seven traffic violations in Odisha's Sambalpur. But, this was not under the new Motor Vehicles Act.

The fine was imposed on August 10 for flouting traffic rules much before the amended Motor Vehicles Act came into being on September 1. The matter came to light only on Saturday, said sources.

Udhampur (J&K), Amid desperate efforts by Pakistan to push militants into the valley and disturb the calm, Northern Army Commander Lt. Gen. Ranbir Singh took stock of security preparedness in Kashmir.

Lt. Gen. Ranbir Singh was accompanied by Chinar Corps Commander Lt. Gen. K.J.S. Dhillon. Both of them visited formations in North Kashmir deployed along the Line of Control and the hinterland.

New Delhi, A Delhi court on Friday deferred passing orders on a complaint seeking lodging of an FIR against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his alleged "khoon ki dalali" remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2016.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal posted the matter for passing of order on October 18. The court had earlier reserved order on the complaint, filed by advocate Joginder Tuli, which has sought direction to the police to register an FIR against Gandhi for allegedly making derogatory remarks in 2016 against Modi, accusing him of hiding behind the blood of soldiers and cashing in on their sacrifice.

New Delhi, Ahead of assembly elections in three states before the end of this year, Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday directed the in-charges of Congress ruled five states to "fulfil" party manifesto commitments, not to lose people's support and stand out as examples of sensitive and responsive governance.

Noting upcoming elections in Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand, Sonia said the situation is challenging and "it is only if we keep nothing else other than party interests uppermost in our minds that we will regain our lost position".

New Delhi, Same food is available for everyone, said the Delhi High Court on Thursday while hearing the regular bail plea filed by former finance minister P. Chidambaram, who is currently in Tihar Jail in INX Media corruption case.

"Same food is available for everyone," said Justice Suresh Kumar Kait after Chidambaram's counsel Kapil Sibal requested the court that home cooked food be allowed to his client in jail.

Responding to the court's remark, Sibal said, "My Lords, he is 74 years old."

New Delhi,Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday attacked the government for its flawed policies that have caused the current economic slowdown and asked Congress party leaders to hit the streets to inform people about the policies of the earlier UPA government at the Centre during the global economic recession, party sources said.

The former Prime Minister's views were supported by Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who was also present in the meeting along with several other senior leaders.