French President Emmanuel Macron is set to be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations on January 26, people familiar with the development said on Friday.

 Tree felling for Parsa East and Kete Basan (PEKB) phase-2 extension coal mines in the biodiversity-rich Hasdeo Arand region of Chhattisgarh's Surguja district has begun amid police security cover.

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to minimise road accidents involving trucks on highways, the Odisha government has decided to make arrangements for offering free tea to drivers of heavy vehicles travelling at night, Transport Minister Tukuni Sahu said on Thursday.

Poonch/Jammu: Four soldiers were killed and three injured when heavily armed suspected terrorists ambushed two Army vehicles in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, officials said.

Kabul: Afghan girls of all ages are permitted to study in religious schools, which are traditionally boys-only, a Taliban official said Thursday.

Rafah (Gaza Strip): A report released Thursday by the UN finds that more than half a million people in Gaza are "starving" because of not enough food entering the territory since the outbreak of war more than 10 weeks ago.

Prague: Prague's police chief says an armed man who killed at least 15 people was a student at a university where the mass shooting took place.

New Delhi: No experience can be a more harrowing for a husband than to see his wife act as a widow while he is alive, and such a conduct amounts to "extreme cruelty", the Delhi High Court has said.