Sri Lanka on Wednesday included India and China in the free visa on arrival scheme to revive the country's tourism sector which witnessed a slump following the Easter Sunday bombings.

India has made several requests to Russia since 2014 seeking information on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, but Moscow has conveyed that it was unable to find any documents in the Russian archives pertaining to the Indian leader, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

Bengaluru: Bengaluru Police on Wednesday afternoon withdrew the prohibitory orders which were imposed in the city on Tuesday evening due to growing political tension ahead of the trust vote in state assembly.

An abandoned four-storey building collapsed in central Delhi's Nabi Karim on Wednesday, Delhi Fire Service officials said. No casualty has been reported, they said.

BSP president Mayawati on Wednesday said the manner in which the JD(S)-Congress government in Karnataka has been pulled down will go down in the history of democracy as a "black chapter".

A day after the coalition government headed by him collapsed, outgoing Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday remained non-committal on the future of his party JDS' alliance with the Congress, saying both parties have not yet discussed it.

Hassan: Protest against low wages by the garment laborers in Hassan turned violent on Wednesday as police were left trying to control the violent protesters here. The police is currently trying to bring the situation under control.

The lynching of Muslims, Dalits and other minorities be stopped immediately, celebrities from various fields have said in an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi while also stressing that there is "no democracy without dissent".