National Security Advisor Ajit Doval called on Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Thursday, the Kremlin press service said.

The NDA authorised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president J P Nadda to pick the ruling bloc’s vice presidential candidate, as the Election Commission kick-started the nomination process for the poll by issuing a notification

The opening of the new Yellow Line section of the Bengaluru metro has sparked a row between Karnataka’s Congress government and the BJP and senior BJP leader Tejasvi Surya invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi.