A student from Gujarat, who initially scored an impressive 705 out of 720 marks in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG), has failed her class XII (Science) board exams for the second time.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday said 97.92 per cent of the Rs 2000 denomination banknotes have returned to the banking system, and only Rs 7,409 crore worth of the withdrawn notes are still with the public.

In a disturbing incident captured on video, a woman riding pillion on a bike was harassed by a group of men on a flooded road in Lucknow’s Gomti Nagar area on Wednesday. The viral video triggered massive outrage on social media as a group of men, standing in knee-deep water under the Taj Hotel bridge, surrounded the bike and splashed water on the man and woman as they crossed the heavily flooded road.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued notices to BJP leader Rodmal Nagar and the Election Commission (EC) seeking their responses on a petition challenging Nagar's election from the Rajgarh Lok Sabha seat.

Congress leader and former Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra visited the landslide-affected area of Chooralmala here on Thursday afternoon.

Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP V Sivadasan has filed a privilege notice in the Rajya Sabha accusing Union Home Minister Amit Shah of misleading Parliament about Kerala's response to warnings preceding the recent landslides in Wayanad.

Five Kanwar Yatra pilgrims including two minors were electrocuted to death in Jharkhand's Latehar district on Thursday morning when their vehicle came into contact with a high-tension overhead wire, police said.

In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court has mandated that the 'creamy layer' among Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) be excluded from reservation benefits. This decision aims to ensure that reservations reach those who are genuinely disadvantaged within these communities.