Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind is the National Democratic Alliance's nominee for President, BJP president Amit Shah announced at a press conference in New Delhi on Monday after a BJP Parliamentary Board meeting.

The Opposition is yet to announce its candidate for the presidential poll.

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The Jan Andolan Party (JAP) and the Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) on Monday mounted pressure on the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) to sever its ties with the West Bengal government, even as the situation on the fifth day of the indefinite strike called by the GJM remained tense with a near-total shutdown in the Darjeeling hills.

Lockheed Martin signed an agreement with India's Tata Advanced Systems on Monday to produce F-16 fighter planes in India, pressing ahead with a plan to shift its Fort Worth, Texas plant to win billions of dollars worth of order from the Indian military.

The Union government has roped in actor Amitabh Bachchan to promote the Goods and Services Tax (GST), ahead of its implementation from July 1.

The Central Board of Excise and Customs will make the 74-year-old star the brand ambassador of the GST. A 40-second video featuring him had been shot and is being circulated.

The Supreme Court on Monday granted Sahara chief Subrata Roy 10 more working days to deposit ₹709.82 crore out of the promised ₹1,500 crore and extended its interim order granting him bail till July 5.

India and China are working together to find common ground ahead of the summit in September of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) grouping, despite their differences over docking the Beijing-led Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with the alliance in the future.

Sarfraz Ahmed hailed Pakistan’s Champions Trophy victory as historic, hoping that it would encourage teams to tour the nation hereafter. “This win will be remembered not just today or tomorrow but for a long, long time. Now, nobody can talk that we have not beaten India in the World Cup or a major tournament like that.

A case has been registered by the police in connection with the alleged bribing of voters of the R.K. Nagar constituency, where a by-election slated for April 12 was rescinded by the Election Commission of India (ECI) for use of money power, the Tamil Nadu Assembly was informed on Monday.

One person has been arrested in connection with the incident in north London of a vehicle hitting pedestrians, killing one and injuring eight, police said on Monday.

Muslim leaders said worshippers were mowed down while leaving a mosque.

British Prime Minister Theresa May said the incident was a 'potential terrorist attack.'

The Income Tax Department has ordered coercive action against Cairn Energy Plc to recover Rs. 10,247 crore of retrospective tax after the British oil firm lost a challenge to the move before an international arbitration panel.