Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday urged Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to put in place safeguards against cases of gross medical negligence in the state.

In a move to safeguard the interests of the state's farmers, Minor Irrigation Minister NS Boseraju has announced that the Karnataka government cannot comply with Tamil Nadu's request for the release of River Cauvery water.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is set to unveil a initiative on August 29, aimed at fostering a deeper understanding of the Constitution of India. The program, which will be launched in Mysuru, entails the reading of the Preamble of the Indian Constitution across all educational institutions in the state, including schools, colleges, and universities.

The death toll in the rain fury in Himachal Pradesh rose to 57 on Wednesday with the body of a woman being pulled out of the debris of a collapsed Shiv temple near Summer Hill here, officials said.

In its bid to make Mangaluru free of drugs, the City Crime Branch (CCB) police have arrested four people and recovered 200 grams of MDMA in two operations in the city, police said on Wednesday.

A mobile morgue unit has arrived to help Hawaii officials working painstakingly to identify the remains of people killed in wildfires that ravaged Maui, as the death rose above 100 and teams intensified the search for more dead in neighborhoods reduced to ash.

With the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library officially renamed as the Prime Ministers' Museum and Library Society, the Congress on Wednesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has had a single point agenda of "denying", "distorting", "defaming" and "destroying" the Nehruvian legacy.

Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole has said they not approve of meetings taking place "secretly" between NCP chief Sharad Pawar and state Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and that it is a matter of concern for his party.