South Korean lawmakers on Saturday began meeting to vote on whether to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law, as protests grew nationwide calling for his removal.

The Samajwadi Party announced on Saturday that it would walk out of the opposition MVA after Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray's close aide hailed the demolition of Babri mosque and a related newspaper advertisement.

A teacher who asked other students to slap a Muslim boy in a school here surrendered at a POCSO court and was released on bail, an official said on Friday.

Police have registered a case against three persons for allegedly duping a couple in Maharashtra's Thane district of Rs 80 lakh by promising to get authorisation to open franchisees of a payments bank, officials said on Saturday.

Over 120 officials of the Income Tax Department are conducting searches at multiple locations in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a senior official said on Saturday.

The LIC Golden Jubilee Foundation has donated Cardiosave Hybrid Automatic medical equipment to the Mahavir Hospital & Research Centre, which is run by the Bhagwan Mahavir Memorial Trust. The donation was handed over on Friday by Puneet Kumar, LIC Zonal Manager, to Trust Chairman Mahendra Kumar Ranka in a ceremony held at the hospital.

Union Minister George Kurian on Saturday said the much-awaited visit of Pope Francis to India is likely to happen after 2025, which has been announced as the "Jubilee Year" by the Catholic Church.

Seventy-three complaints have been received against obscene and vulgar advertisements on private television channels by the regulatory bodies over the past three years, the government has told parliament.