The opposition parties on Saturday slammed Union Minister Jayant Sinha for allegedly honouring Ramgarh lynching convicts after they were released on bail even as the Minister defended his action, saying he had full faith in the judicial system.

With the new chief of the Congress' Kerala unit set to be named soon, sources in the know of things say veteran leader K. Karunakaran's son K. Muraleedharan and senior leader Mullappally Ramachandran are among the front-runners.

Attacking the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said people are calling the party "bail gadi" because many of its senior leaders are out on bail in various cases.

Thousands of displaced people have returned to Syria after negotiations brought about a pause in hostilities following a week-long government offensive aimed at regaining the territory from armed opposition, a UK-based watchdog said on Saturday.

 At least 50 people have died and almost dozens remained missing on Saturday due to torrential rainfall and flooding in southern Japan.

The JEE and NEET examinations will now take place twice a year, announced the HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar in a press conference on Saturday in New Delhi. “The National Testing Agency will conduct them this year. The same student can take the exam both times a year and the best score will be counted,” he said.

Bantwal: The Netravati River is flowing above the danger mark, Tumbe Dam wall has collapsed, and the dam’s Pump House is in jeopardy due to the heavy rainfall for last two days.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk on Saturday said a team he had sent for the Thailand cave rescue operations is working closely with experts from the country on an escape capsule design to bring the 12 schoolchildren and their football coach trapped in a partially flooded cave to safety.