InterGlobe Aviation, which runs IndiGo, and SpiceJet have become the most expensive airline stocks globally, having soared amid the grounding of Jet Airways. InterGlobe has also entered the club of top 10-airlines in the world at a market capitalisation of $8.1-billion. InterGlobe and SpiceJet have gained 80% and 77%, respectively, in the past six-months, outperforming the Bloomberg World Airlines index by 65 percentage points.

BJP MP Kirron Kher filed her nomination for the Lok Sabha polls from the Chandigarh constituency on Thursday. She was accompanied by her husband Anupam Kher and Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, both of whom also campaigned for her in Chandigarh. Kirron is the sitting MP of Chandigarh and is contesting the polls against Congress leader Pawan Kumar Bansal.

Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday remarked people have coined 'Bhaagti Janta Party' as the new name for the Bharatiya Janata Party. Yadav's remark came after BJP clarified that PM Narendra Modi won't hold a press conference in Varanasi. "BJP leaders run away from media questions and workers run away from people seeking Rs.15 lakh and jobs," he added.