Kulbhushan Jadhav who was arrested by Pakistan's ISI in Balochistan as an Indian spy, is the son of a former assistant commissioner of police in Mumbai, and owns a business that has him travelling around the world, say his relatives. Jadhav had been in the Indian Navy, but took premature retirement, add his relatives, who believe he is being "framed as part of a larger political conspiracy". Jadhav's family heard about his arrest in Pakistan from the media on Friday evening, according to The Indian Express.

Former cricketer S Sreesanth joined the BJP on Friday and has been selected as the party's candidate from Thiruvananthapuram constituency for the Kerala assembly polls. Kerala goes to the polls on 16 May. Union minister JP Nadda said Sreesanth was selected "keeping Kerala's best interest in mind". Sreesanth was banned from playing cricket for life because of his involvement in the spot-fixing scandal during the 2013 IPL, says the Hindustan Times.

In his reply to a notice sent to him by the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi denied that he had ever held British citizenship. BJP leader Subramanian Swamy and party member Maheish Girri had alleged that Gandhi had declared himself a British citizen according to the annual return of BackOps, a UK-based firm with which Gandhi had been associated before he joined politics. In his reply to the notice, Gandhi said that he "has never applied for citizenship of any other country". He said this charge was a "political conspiracy" to tarnish his image, according to The Economic Times.

Goa is the top priority target for the Islamic State in India, say enforcement agencies after interrogating Muddabbir Mushtaq Sheikh of Mumbra, Thane, who goes by the title Amir-e-Hind and was arrested on suspicion of being part of the terrorist organisation. The IS hopes to attack foreign tourists in Goa so that it gets international publicity, and also to boost the morale of its supporters in the Indian sub-continent, says the Hindustan Times. The terror group is also seeking a place in India to train its local force, said government sources.

The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo moto notice of the 'emergency-like' situation at Hyderabad Central University and sent notices to the Union HRD ministry, the Telangana government and the Hyderabad police commissioner, asking for reports within a week. "The commission has observed that the arbitrary act and high-handedness of senior university officials as well as police and administrative officers, as reported in media, raise serious concerns towards safety and security of the students," the NHRC said, according to The Telegraph.

Kapil Mishra, a minister with the AAP government in Delhi, has asked BJP president Amit Shah if the party would continue with its alliance with the People's Democratic Party in Jammu and Kashmir if PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti refuses to say 'Bharat Mata ki Jai'. Mishra, Delhi's minister for water, culture and tourism, wrote this in a letter to Amit Shah, and asked several other questions that he believes are pertinent given the current debate on nationalism that saw an MLA in Maharashtra suspended for refusing to say those words. "My questions are serious, although the tone may be sarcastic," said Mishra, according to The Indian Express.

Two Indians, a nurse from Kerala and her infant son, were killed in shelling in the Libyan city of Sabratha on 25 March, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy confirmed. The incident took place on Friday when the shell attack hit their residence, killing the two and a few others in their complex. 'We will do our best to bring the others stuck in Libya, they want to come back. They are afraid but safe at the moment. I am trying to contact the Indian embassy in Libya," CM Chandy said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi kickstarted the BJP's electoral campaign in the poll-bound state of Assam with a rally in Tinsukia on 26 March. Lashing out at the state government, Modi said that Assam had gone from being one of he most prosperous states in India during the time of Independence to one of its poorest today. The Prime Minister is scheduled to address five public meetings in Assam on Saturday and two others on Sunday, at Tinsukia, Majuli, Bihpuria, Bokakhat and Jorhat.