The prices of both the precious metals, gold and silver, maintained an upward march for the third straight day in the national capital Saturday on increased buying by stockists and jewellers to meet the festive season demand amid a firm global trend.

Delhi Metro recorded the highest ridership on Thursday with over 25 lakh commuters. “Delhi Metro recorded the highest ever ridership figure of 25,04,900 on August 8, surpassing the earlier record set on July 29 when 24,25,897 people travelled by the metro,” Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) executive director (Corporate Communications) Anuj Dayal said.

Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRC) president and Kadapa MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy Saturday tendered resignation from his Lok Sabha membership, protesting the manner in which the Congress party sought to divide Andhra Pradesh.

Armed with a Kolkata high court order to maintain normalcy in Darjeeling hills, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday gave a 72-hour deadline to the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) to call off its indefinite bandh or else face action.

In the wake of communal clashes in Kishtwar district, pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath was Saturday suspended from Jammu as a precautionary measure.

In a flip-flop, Islamabad’s point man for Track-II dialogue with India, Shahryar Khan, has made a U-turn on his remarks acknowledging the presence in Pakistan of one of India’s most wanted terrorists Dawood Ibrahim.

A top Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leader was arrested here Saturday in connection with cases of arson and attempt to murder even as the indefinite bandh to demand for separate Gorkhaland state in Darjeeling hills entered eighth day with the hill station wearing a deserted look.

Normal life was hit in Odisha Saturday during a dawn-to-dusk hartal called by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) blaming the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) government for the death of a minor dalit girl, who was set ablaze after a rape bid.

Robert Vadra’s land deals in a village in Haryana have returned to haunt the Congress party and its chief with whistleblower IAS officer Ashok Khemka alleging that Vadra “falsified documents” for 3.53 acres of land in Gurgaon and “pocketed” large premium on a commercial colony license.

India’s rising shuttler PV Sindhu Saturday settled for a bronze medal at the World Championships after suffering a straight-game defeat against world number three Ratchanok Inthanon in the semifinals of the prestigious event here.