Former West Bengal deputy speaker and five-time Rampurhat MLA Asish Banerjee was found dead at a Trinamool Congress office in Birbhum.
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi skipped the 80th Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort for the second consecutive year.
PM Modi outlined “Shakti Ki Saptadhara”, identifying seven streams including manufacturing, farming, technology, defence, green energy and soft power.
PM Modi, addressing the nation from the Red Fort, said India will achieve Viksit Bharat by 2047 and urged Indians to dream big.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi led India's 80th Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort, where Vande Mataram was rendered for the first time during the ceremony.
Seven people were killed and three workers remain trapped after water and debris entered an under-construction hydropower tunnel in Chamoli, Uttarakhand.
BJP leaders criticised Rahul Gandhi after he mocked PM Modi's foreign policy and staged a hug with Sandeep Dikshit during a Congress convention.
West Bengal has withdrawn the Banga Bibhushan awarded to BJP MP Nagendra Ray after his controversial remarks about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal was attacked by a Nihang Sikh at a gurdwara in Nanded, Maharashtra, and suffered an injury to his hand.
The Ayodhya Ram Mandir Trust CEO selection has reached its final stage, with 16 candidates interviewed in Ayodhya.