Kerala Minister Veena George on Monday announced that the state Health and General Education departments will jointly launch a programme to ensure the physical and mental well-being of children.

The draft electoral roll for Uttar Pradesh published on Tuesday after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) excludes 2.89 crore voters but retains 12.55 crore, said Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Navdeep Rinwa.

The Gujarat High Court, several district courts and some collector offices in the state received bomb threats through emails on Tuesday, prompting the authorities to conduct thorough searches, in which nothing suspicious was found anywhere, officials said.

A fake call centre allegedly cheating people by offering bogus insurance policies and false promises of bonuses in exchange for payments was busted in Noida on Tuesday, leading to the arrest of 13 persons, police said.

The Assam unit of the Congress on Tuesday staged a protest against the Election Commission and the BJP government over alleged irregularities found in the draft electoral rolls, published after a Special Revision (SR) of the voter lists.

 Two women employees of the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Maharashtra's Latur district were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly abetting the suicide of a 12-year-old girl student.

The Kerala government said that its state transport corporation, which had faced financial problems in the past, achieved an all-time daily income record of Rs 13.01 crore on January 5.

 Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Tuesday vowed the strictest action against students who raised slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah at a protest held to denounce the January 2020 campus violence.