A 32-year-old man was arrested from Bengaluru for allegedly cheating a person of over Rs 24 lakh by promising quick solutions to personal problems through rituals advertised on Instagram, police said on Wednesday.

 A coach of a newly-procured monorail train suffered severe damages and three of its staffers, including the train captain, were injured after it hit a beam during a test run at Wadala depot in Mumbai on Wednesday morning when there were no passengers on board, officials said.

Sanjay Singh, the Jan Suraaj Party candidate from Bihar's Munger Assembly seat, joined the BJP on Wednesday, a day before the first phase of assembly elections.

The Karnataka State Law University on Wednesday conferred an honorary doctorate on Andhra Pradesh Governor S Abdul Nazeer.

A 21-year-old college student allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself on the terrace of Dr. BR Ambedkar Government Post-matriculation Girls’ Hostel in the city on Wednesday.

A political controversy has erupted in Mumbai after city BJP chief and Andheri West MLA Ameet Satam declared that his party “will not allow any Khan to become mayor,” drawing parallels between New York City’s recent mayoral election and the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls.

Amid New Delhi’s battle with air pollution, China’s spokesperson to India Yu Jing took to X to draw parallels between the air pollution crisis of both countries and added that Beijing stands ready “to share our journey toward blue ones.”

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday hailed the victory of Zohran Mamdani as the new mayor of New York City and said his election was a resounding victory for progressive politics.