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Updated : May 20, 2016, 09:05 AM IST
The 'achche din' that had eluded it all of last year were back for the BJP on Thursday with the party winning the polls in Assam and making a much longed for electoral debut in Kerala that voted in the Left Democratic Front (LDF), while the Congress, which had been in power in the two states, slunk back in defeat. Read more here
Giving details of what he called Rahul's casual approach, Himanta Biswa Sarma told reporters how he made several rounds of Delhi to meet the vice president. Read more here
Egypt has intensified search operation, while Greece deployed aircraft and a frigate to find missing EgyptAir Flight MS804. Read more here
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley pitched for expanding capital base of the World Bank so that the mutilateral funding institution can better cater to the development needs of emerging countries like India. Read more here
On Sunday morning, Mars, Earth and the sun will line up perfectly in the sky. This once-every-two-years event is called Mars opposition. That's because Mars and the sun will be on opposite sides of Earth. Read more here
Vaas, the man with close to 800 international wickets – 355 in Tests and 400 in ODIs – is in the city to make an appearance in the local Mitsui Shoji T20 cricket final, representing Ghatkopar Jets against Mumbai Police City Riders at the Police Gymkhana on Friday evening. Read more here
Aanand L Rai has approached both actresses to play one of the leads in his next with SRK! Read more here