Amidst concerns about air pollution, Delhi's ruling AAP on Friday slammed the Central government for its decision of chopping down close to 17,000 full grown trees for its redevelopment plan.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Hanumantharaya said that as the instances of haphazard parking of vehicles on the roads are increasing considerably in the city, shortly four tiger towing vehicles would be pressed into action in the city.

The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Friday said it has taken suo motu cognizance of the incident of abduction and gang-rape of five women activists in Jharkhand's Khunti district.

Three more persons died due to floods in two districts of Barak Valley in Assam, taking the death toll in the first wave of floods this year to 21, even as the overall flood situation improved in the state on Friday.

The total area sown under kharif crop as on June 22 stood at 115.9 lakh hectares as against 128.35 lakh hectares at this time last year, the Agriculture Ministry said on Friday.

A youth from Kasba Bengre here saved the lives of two drowning youth in Tannirbhavi on Friday, June 22.

The Karnataka High Court on Friday granted a conditional bail to Muhammad Sharief, the first accused in the RSS worker Sharath Madiwala murder case.

Philippe Coutinho and Neymar Junior scored late in the second half as Brazil ensured their passage to the second round with a hard earned 2-0 win over Costa Rica in a Group E clash of the FIFA World Cup here on Friday.