Giving significant relief to home buyers, President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday gave assent to the ordinance making amendments to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), which will recognise their status as financial creditors.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said if his party is voted to power in Madhya Pradesh, it would waive farmers' loans in 10 days.
Eleven workers were killed and two were reported missing after an explosion in an iron mine in Liaoning province on Tuesday while 23 miners were rescued on Wednesday.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to block the release of Rajinikanth starrer Tamil film "Kaala" saying that it cannot put on hold the screening just a day ahead of its release.
The Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S)-Congress coalition government in Karnataka was expanded on Wednesday, with the induction of 25 legislators as cabinet ministers including 23 from the alliance partners and one BSP MLA and an Independent.
Krishi Vignana Kendra (KVK) head Dr Shivakumar Magada said that steps would be taken to set up manufacturing unit on the premises of KVK to help the sexual minorities build a respectful life by taking up agriculture related self employment opportunities.
In a multi-city pre-dawn operation on Wednesday, Maharashtra Police arrested Dalit activists and alleged urban Maoist sympathizers in the state and New Delhi for the January 1 Koregaon-Bhima caste riots, officials said.
The newly inducted ministers of the JDS-Congress coalition government took oath on Wednesday.
Supporters of former minister and influential leader from Lingayat community MB Patil staged a protest for not inducting their leader into the cabinet of the JDS-Congress coalition government.