The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the missing gold from the Sabarimala temple arrested former administrative officer B Murari Babu, sources said on Thursday.

The doors of the Himalayan shrines of Kedarnath and Yamunotri in Uttarakhand were closed for the winter season on Thursday.

Palestinians in Gaza say that nothing has changed in their life since the ceasefire agreement, as Israeli army continued air and ground raids.

 A fire erupted in a commercial high-rise in Mumbai’s western suburb of Jogeshwari on Thursday morning, officials said.

Highlighting concerns for Sikh Americans serving in the military, a prominent US lawmaker has urged the Pentagon to reconsider a policy that calls for a blanket beard-shaving mandate among service members, emphasising that retaining uncut hair and a beard is a core tenet of their faith.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday extended greetings to citizens on the occasion of Bhai Dooj.

Railway services across Lower Assam and parts of north Bengal were disrupted early on Thursday after unidentified miscreants detonated a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) on a railway track in Kokrajhar district, officials said.