Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the third time on Thursday as the opposition pressed for its demand for a discussion on the border issue with China.

The government has been receiving representations from "diverse sources" on lack of transparency, objectivity and social diversity in the collegium system of appointment of Supreme Court and high court judges with the request to improve the mechanism, Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday.

The Karnataka government has supported in the Supreme Court the trial of a man in a marital rape case saying the state high court has considered all related questions of law, amid a raging debate on whether to do away with a section in law that decriminalises rape by a husband.

An exotic macaw parrot was found lying abandoned in Madhya Pradesh's Indore city with different people coming forward and claiming to be its owner, a local zoo official said.

From Yoga sessions and zumba classes to 24X7 helplines and mental wellness workshops, coaching institutes in Kota say they take multiple steps to help students tackle the anxiety of preparing for competitive exams.

Former ministers and senior BJP leaders K.S Eeshwarappa and Ramesh Jarkiholi, who were both keen on obtaining ministerial positions, met Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday night. In the background of receiving assurances from the CM regarding their desired ministerial positions, both BJP leaders attended the assembly sessions on Thursday, after forgoing them for the past 3 days.

Senior IPS officer and former director general of Tihar Prisons Sandeep Goel has been suspended by the Union Home Ministry for alleged dereliction of duties, officials said here on Thursday.

Flagging the issue of skewed male-female ratio, eligible bachelors took out a march seeking brides for themselves in Maharashtra's Solapur district.