
At least 42 people are missing in Wednesday's Mahad bridge collapse tragedy on the raging Savitri River, in which two state transport buses and four-five private vehicles were washed away, an official said. ...
Kerala's Local Self Government Minister K.T. Jaleel, who was asked by the state government to fly to Saudi Arabia to coordinate efforts with Kerala cultural groups amid reports of hundreds of Keralites in the Gulf kingdom having been rendered jobless and facing a food crisis, Thursday evening said he was denied a diplomatic passpo...

The Delhi government and the AAP on Thursday came out strongly against a Delhi High Court ruling giving primacy to the Lt. Governor in the affairs of the administration and said they will move the Supreme Court for "justice"....

Taking part in a discussion on the developments in Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh, Naidu accused the Congress of misusing Article 356 of the Constitution when it was in power at the Centre. ...

Congress President Sonia Gandhi, admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital following dehydration and fever, is also undergoing treatment for a shoulder injury, said a doctor....
In an apparent swipe at host Pakistan, Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday called for tough action against terrorism and countries supporting it and said terrorists should not be glorified as "martyrs". ...

In a major setback to the Delhi government, the Delhi High Court on Thursday ruled that Lt. Governor (LG) was not bound by the aid and advice of the council of ministers. The Delhi government said it will challenge the judgement in the Supreme Court....
CPN (Maoist Centre) leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka 'Prachanda' was here on Thursday administered the oath of office and secrecy as Nepal Prime Minister by President Bidhya Devi Bhandari....
Global rights group Amnesty International on Thursday asked the Jammu and Kashmir government to stop the use of pellet guns which have claimed lives and left hundreds blinded in the ongoing protests in Kashmir Valley....

Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv Jain also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on Farooqui, who was convicted on July 30 of raping a 35-year-old woman from Columbia University who was in India for research on her doctoral thesis....