A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee questioned the motive behind it, union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said his tour of border enclaves in the state was not a political one....

Four Bangladeshi nationals were detained in Ludhiana in connection with the gang rape of an elderly nun in West Bengal's Ranaghat town last month....
Nearly 350 Indians were evacuated from Yemen's southern port city of Aden late on Tuesday, sources said. ...
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh have begun sparring, accusing each other of being indifferent to the plight of farmers....
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday called on all parties involved in military operations in Yemen to ensure the protection of civilians, a media report said on Wednesday....
NASA's ground-breaking science mission to retrieve a sample from an ancient space rock has moved closer to fruition....
An 18-year-old girl student was shot dead in her school premises here by an office attendant for spurning his advances, police said on Wednesday. ...

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to act fast to help Keralites stranded in strife-hit Yemen....
The water level in Jhelum and other major rivers has dropped much below the danger mark on Wednesday, but the forecast of a fresh spell of rain and snow has left the people here worried....
Bangladesh's Mustafa Kamal said on Wednesday he is resigning from the post of president of the International Cricket Council (ICC) over who should have given away the World Cup trophy to the fifth-time winners Australia on Sunday....