A journalist and RTI activist, Raghavendra Bajpai, was shot dead on the Lucknow-Delhi National Highway in Sitapur on Saturday afternoon. The 35-year-old, who worked as a correspondent for a Hindi daily, was reportedly targeted in a planned attack.

The death toll from two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 1,000, a war monitoring group said Saturday, making it one of the deadliest acts of violence since Syria's conflict began 14 years ago.

The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) administration has allowed Holi celebrations on campus after initially denying permission. The decision comes amid demands from students and pressure from various quarters.

Rescue operation was underway Sunday to see if anyone was still trapped under the debris, a day after a factory building collapsed here.

Bengaluru experienced the hottest day of the year on Friday, with the maximum temperature reaching 34.6°C, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). This was 1.9°C higher than the usual temperature for this time of year. The temperature on Saturday was slightly lower at 34.4°C.

A  former priest has been booked for allegedly selling temple land to the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust using forged documents, police said on Friday.

Cadaver dogs will be deployed inside the partially collapsed SLBC tunnel here on Sunday to search for human presence as the rescue operation to save eight trapped persons entered its 16th day.

Bajrang Dal activists entered Rishikul Ayurvedic College on Saturday, protesting against an Iftar gathering organised by some Muslim students on campus. The right-wing group objected to the event, claiming that such gatherings should not be held in what they referred to as a "Hindu religious city."