INDIA Bloc Has "Anti-National Elements": Ex-Congress Leader Who Joined BJP

Rohan Gupta, a former spokesperson of Congress who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday, took a swipe at the opposition bloc INDIA, saying that the alliance named after the country consists of 'anti-national elements'.

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh defended the Electoral Bonds scheme, which was recently declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, and said that time will decide the benefits of the scheme.

The authorities have imposed section 144 in seven villages after a tiger was spotted over a month ago in Balodabazar, Chhattisgarh.

Congress leader and AICC member Jahanzaib Sirwal on Thursday joined the BJP in New Delhi and criticised the Congress for its "party vanishing machine" approach and borrowing agenda-based politics from other parties.

A relative of one of the assassins of late Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, is contesting the parliamentary elections in Punjab from the Faridkot (Reserved) constituency as an Independent.

Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, twelve Maoists surrendered before security personnel in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district today, police said.