Tuesday morning brought some relief for family members of the 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel for nine days here as the newly inserted six-inch pipeline made communicating with them easier.

Seventeen people in Kadur taluk fell ill after eating the biryani prepared for a function at a relative's house in Maravanji village on Monday and were admitted to hospital.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the Delhi government for not providing funds for the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridors to Alwar and Panipat, and said if the dues were not paid within a week, the funds allocated by the AAP government for advertisements will be transferred to the project.

Former president Ram Nath Kovind, who heads the committee to explore the possibility of "one nation, one election", said holding simultaneous polls is in the national interest and has got nothing to do with any particular political party.

A one-and-a-half-month-old boy suffering from pneumonia was branded with a hot iron rod more than 40 times by a local nurse to treat the illness at a village in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district, officials said on Tuesday.

Israel on Tuesday listed Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba as a Terror Organisation' ahead of the 15th year anniversary of the 26/11 terror attack on Mumbai that killed over 160 people, including a number of Israeli nationals.

A former student of a private school here on Tuesday barged into his alma mater brandishing a gun, terrorising staff and students, following which police took him into custody.

Karnataka BJP President B Y Vijayendra on Monday demanded that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah seek the resignation of Ministers Priyank Kharge and Zameer Ahmed Khan for their recent conduct and remarks that allegedly undermined the office they hold.