Former national president of Samajwadi Party's (SP) legal wing and spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia on Sunday formally joined the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP).

In a major thrust to agriculture, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday announced a Rs 1 lakh crore hike in the credit target for the next fiscal to Rs 10 lakh crore as part of the government's efforts to double farm incomes in the next five years.

It is a proxy war. A country, that is Pakistan, is focusing on how to disturb Jammu and Kashmir," he said.

A student of University of Hyderabad allegedly committed suicide by hanging in his hostel room on the campus on Saturday, police said.

Swiss investigators have searched FIFA's Zurich headquarters and seized documents, the country's prosecution authority said on Friday, while FIFA said the search targeted sacked deputy general secretary Markus Kattner.

Attacking the opposition for its continued slander campaign, she said their only agenda was to "abuse" her and "insult" Bengal.

"Sangh is not the Parliament and 'Manuvaad' is not the Constitution," he said.

With the help of artificial intelligence chatbots are becoming even better at carrying on human-like conversations.

Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said air pollution depends on prevailing meteorological conditions including wind direction, temperature variation, etc.

While one of the three accused is a resident of Ghaziabad, the other two live in Greater Noida. They are aged between 18-20 years, said a police official.

Sunanda, 52, was Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's wife and she was found dead in her suite at a five star hotel in south Delhi on January 17, 2014.

Those who took part in the party were distributed cow milk with a message to discourage cow slaughter and consumption of beef.

Markets regulator Sebi has asked clearing corporations to provide elaborate monthly reports with details on settlements, actions taken against trading members as well as information about corporate governance aspects of the corporations themselves.

Officials said police shot at the car in an attempt to stop it after it sped away from a nearby checkpoint as officers tried to redirect traffic away from roads closed for the end of the epic race.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to lead the Yoga Day celebrations which will be attended by about 40,000 people, officials said.