Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said the "compulsion" for students in the state to learn Hindi has been removed in a new order, and now any Indian language can be chosen as the third language.

Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of the Air India plane crash, has been discharged from the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital following his recovery, and he later attended the cremation of his deceased brother who was flying with him on the same aircraft, officials said on Wednesday.

A landslide on the trek route to the Kedarnath shrine left two people dead and three other injured on Wednesday, police said.

A spokesman for Iran's foreign ministry issued a warning Wednesday that an American intervention in the ongoing Israeli strikes targeting his country would spark “an all-out war.”

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Bihar director general of police and the Delhi police commissioner to provide adequate safety to a minor girl seeking annulment of her marriage.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday grilled the Tamil Nadu government over the suspension of Additional Director General of Police H.M. Jayaram, who was directed to be arrested by the Madras High Court.

The Madras High Court has come down heavily on the Enforcement Directorate (ED), observing that it is not merely the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 that is evolving, but the ED officials themselves who are "evolving day by day by expanding their powers".

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said the government will introduce a FASTag-based annual pass for private vehicles, priced at Rs 3,000, effective from August 15, in a step towards hassle-free highway travel.