The BJP's new 64-member national team includes three former chief ministers, 18 sitting MPs and 10 women, with representation from 23 states and Union Territories.
Rahul Gandhi has urged Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren to personally meet students protesting alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations.
Shehzad Poonawalla has resigned from the BJP, citing pressing financial and personal circumstances, and said he will move to the private sector.
Seven devotees were killed and several others injured in a stampede-like incident at Ashok Dham Temple in Bihar's Lakhisarai during the Sawan rush.
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.