Cleaning up Delhi's air requires "uncomfortable and inconvenient" decisions, and it cannot be achieved by being nice to everyone, particularly the affluent residents who significantly contribute to the problem, leading environmentalist Sunita Narain has said.

The Madhya Pradesh government on Monday rejected a proposal floated under the New Bhopal "re-densification" plan which may have led to cutting of more than 27,000 trees in the state capital, citing environmental conservation, a decision coming amid protests by local residents and green activists.

In a startling case of unhygienic food being served to unsuspecting consumers, food containing pieces of the body of a snake was allegedly served to a group of students in the canteen of a government engineering college in Banka, Bihar, resulting in 11 students falling ill and being hospitalized.

Senior BJP leader and former Member of the Legislative Council MB Bhanuprakash died died of heart attack during a protest organized by the Karnataka unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) against Congress government's decision to hike petrol, diesel prices on Monday.

The police team probing the Renukaswamy murder case served a notice on Kannada actor Chikkanna on Monday to appear for questioning.

Police have taken a 17-year-old boy into custody for allegedly trying to run over a woman with his car following a heated argument in Maharashtra's Pune district, officials said on Monday. 

Delhi Water Minister Atishi on Monday visited the Wazirabad barrage and appealed to the Haryana government to release water in the Yamuna river.

The Tripura government is sending a team to the Kanchanjunga train accident site in West Bengal to provide all possible help to the passengers from the state, an official said on Monday.