The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act related to the grant of Indian citizenship to illegal immigrants in Assam by a majority verdict of 4:1.

 A 25-year-old wild elephant was discovered dead near an electric pole close to the BSNL office in Banavase village, Ballupet taluk, raising suspicions that it may have accidentally come into contact with a live power line.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted bail to a man accused of shouting a pro-Pakistan slogan and directed him to salute the national flag at a Bhopal police station 21 times and raise 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' slogan twice a month till the end of the trial.

Former Jharkhand chief minister Champai Soren wrote an open letter to the youth, promising them 2.87 lakh jobs if the BJP is voted to power in the state, besides self-employment opportunities for 5 lakh people.

Ottawa: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday acknowledged that he had only intelligence and no "hard evidentiary proof" when he alleged the involvement of Indian government agents in the killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year.

Dubai: Former India spinner Neetu David, who still holds the record for the best figures (8/53) by a woman in an individual Test innings, on Wednesday became only the second female cricketer from the country to be inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame.

Muzaffarnagar (UP): A special court here has rejected the anticipatory bail plea of a school teacher in connection with a case involving slapping a Muslim student.

Ahmedabad: Police on Wednesday nabbed three men allegedly involved in cheating a bullion trader by handing him counterfeit currency notes featuring the face of actor Anupam Kher to buy gold worth nearly Rs 1.5 crore.