Twelve persons were injured when a two-storey house collapsed in central Delhi's Bapa Nagar on Wednesday morning, officials said.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has condemned recent threats against Rahul Gandhi. In a post on X, Stalin expressed his deep shock over media reports of a BJP leader threatening that Gandhi “will meet the same fate as his grandmother,” and a Shinde Sena MLA offering a bounty for cutting Gandhi's tongue.

Describing the issue of political parties promising freebies during elections as "very important", the Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will not delete from its list of businesses pleas filed against the practice.

A local journalist, Salman Ali, was shot dead by three unidentified attackers in Sarangpur town on Tuesday evening. The incident took place near Kanchan Medical on Hospital Road, where the assailants arrived on a bike and fired at Ali before fleeing the scene.

 In Ahmedabad, a 38-year-old woman and her 12-year-old son suffered severe injuries after being run over by a speeding car on New Science Road on Sunday evening.

The Congress on Wednesday filed a police complaint over the recent statements of leaders belonging to the ruling NDA targeting Rahul Gandhi.

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BSP president Mayawati on Wednesday expressed serious concerns over the "rising" trend of using bulldozers for demolitions, saying it does not symbolise a just rule of law.

Long queues were seen at several booths early Wednesday as voting in the first phase of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls began on a brisk note, officials said.