Rajnath Singh

He has served as the President of the BJP twice from 2005 to 2009 and 2013 to 2014

Addressing a rally on the outskirts of the north Odisha town of Bhadrak, the BJP stalwart said that Modi will continue to serve as prime minister after the Lok Sabha polls for his "honesty, integrity and performance".

Inaugurating the "Paryatan Parv", a 12-day tourism festival at the India Gate lawns, Singh said India is full of cultural diversity but yet it is unbreakable.

Singh, who visited the AIIMS twice during the day when Vajpayee was on life support system, said that with his demise, the nation has lost a stalwart who had dreamt of an India.

While Singh took a hardline towards Pakistan, he was more measured when it came to China. He refused to criticize it for repeatedly blocking the designation of another of India‘s most wanted – Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar – as a terrorist at the United Nations.

The operations took place on Wednesday night and is now over, Director General of Military Operations Lt General Ranbir Singh told media in New Delhi. He said he had also informed his Pakistani counterpart that India had carried out surgical strikes on Wednesday night.

Addressing a press conference with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Mehbooba faced some tough questions from reporters and was asked how could she justify the alleged disproportionate use of force against protesters when as opposition leader she had criticised the government in 2010 for civilian killings.

The meeting is the Centre's last attempt to convince Congress in favour of the bill. "The problem is that Jaitley wants to divide the opposition and wants to corner others. They are delaying the matter. Our leaders are ready to pass the bill," Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said.

The Home Minister said there were intelligence inputs about possible terror attacks in Punjab and steps were taken which helped avert higher casualties.

"For the greater interest of Parliamentary democracy, we are opposed to suspension of 25 Lok Sabha MPs. We are not attending Lok Sabha from tomorrow," Bandyopadhyay said in a statement.

Police overcame a group of gunmen dressed in military fatigues on Monday after a 12-hour battle that ended in a small-town police station near the border with Pakistan, and at least nine people were killed.

On the first day of the proceeding of the Monsoon session of Parliament, Rajya Sabha faced three back-to-back adjournments after Opposition created uproar seeking Sushma's resignation in the row over alleged links with former Indian Premier League chief Lalit Modi.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Home Minister Rajnath Singh, in a joint press conference, said Rs 2,602 crore had already been released last year by the government to help the state in relief and rehabilitation work.

Opposition members created ruckus in the Lok Sabha over the suicide incident, leading to adjournment of proceedings even as the government said it was ready to discuss the matter.

Kejriwal also invited Singh to his oath-taking ceremony at the Ramlila Grounds on February 14.

Economist Bibek Debroy and former DRDO chief VK Saraswat were appointed as full-time members by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who will be the Chairman of the body that replaces the 65-year-old Socialist-era Planning Commission.

Home minister Rajnath Singh on Friday detailed the work done by his ministry over the past 100 days.

Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-in-Chief, CNN-IBN believes there will always be bickering over seats and also that the alliances trouble perhaps is being overdone.

Shekhar Gupta feels that Advani's resignation will not result in a long-term consequence. He does not see Congress projecting Rahul Gandhi as the prime minister.

Bharatiya Janata Party President Rajnath Singh said that senior party leader LK Advani's comments on Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Narendra Modi for PM candidature were misinterpreted.