| Cracking the whip, the Congress on Monday removed Shashi Tharoor as its national spokesperson. His removal comes after the Kerala unit of the Congress took strong objection to his continuous effusive praise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and demanded the high command to take appropriate action against him. |
| The former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Butto`s son Bilawal has became topic of laughs on social networking sites. Bilawal has his counterpart in India - Rahul Gandhi - in terms of how dumb they are. Bilawal Bhutto and Rahul Gandhi both have many similarities. |
| India`s Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan`s Malala Yousafzay were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for "showing great personal courage" and their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the for the right of all children to education. |
| Prime Minister Narendra Modi is reported to have given the security apparatus a "free hand" in dealing with Pakistani troops |