At least six persons have been killed after a boat carrying 18 tourists capsized in Odisha's Chilika lake, officials said on Sunday.

In a by-poll held for Siddapura ZP constituency in Kundapur taluk, BJP candidate Rohith Kumar Shetty won the election.

Both Congress and BJP-backed candidates have won one gram panchayat seat each in a by-election held two gram panchayat seats in the taluk.

Former Goa Chief Minister and Congress MLA Pratapsingh Rane was hospitalised for a urinary tract infection, an official said on Sunday

A youth from Kasargod died in an accident that happened in Sharjah on Saturday.

New Delhi, June 17 : The Centre on Sunday decided not to extend the suspension of anti-terror operations in Jammu and Kashmir as announced in the beginning of Ramadan.

The fourth meeting of the NITI Aayog's governing council began here on Sunday to discuss issues including measures taken to double farmers' income, progress of flagship schemes like Ayushman Bharat, National Nutrition Mission and Mission Indradhanush.

Egypt faced off against Uruguay in their opening game of the FIFA World Cup 2018 on Friday and despite a brave performance, went down fighting to the South Americans as Jose Giminez scored the only goal of the match in the 89th minute. The Pharaohs opted to start without the recently-recovered Mohamed Salah and put in a fine shift in defence as they almost kept a clean sheet till the very end against an attack consisting of Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani.