Rajasthan unit of BJP has called for a state-level bandh on May 18 to protest the CBI chargesheet against Leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria in Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's three-hour visit to Assam to file his nomination paper for his fifth Rajya Sabha term was marred by widespread protests by different organizations.

In yet another incident of brazen abuse of power by UP police, a cop was caught on camera slapping a young girl inside a Police Station in Ghaziabad district.

Scores of BJP's youth wing activists on Sunday clashed with police when they were stopped from marching towards Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence to demand his resignation and proper probe into scams and corruption allegations against the UPA government.

In the backdrop of growing demand for his ascension as BJP’s prime ministerial nominee, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is apparently resorting to shun his image as a Hindutva icon. Sharing platform with yoga guru Baba Ramdev in Haridwar on Friday, Modi claimed that communal harmony prevailed in Gujarat during past 12 years.

Pakistani prisoners in high security Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu have gone on 'fast' protesting the death of Sanaullah Ranjay at a hospital in Chandigarh on Thursday.

Communist Party of India (Marxist) has decided to launch a week-long agitation from May 23 in Gujarat to highlight the problems of drinking water, commercialization of education and health among others.

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Wednesday praised Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi but took potshots at Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi in the context of Prime Ministerial candidates.

Yoga guru Ramdev alleged that the CBI has become a tool in the hands of Congress that it is being used against Opposition leaders.

Senior BJP leader Murali Manohar Joshi on Sunday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has no "moral right" to continue.