The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the GST Council to meet at the earliest and consider lowering or abolishing goods and services tax on air purifiers in view of worsening air quality in the national capital.

 Union Steel and Heavy Industries Minister H D Kumaraswamy has written to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw urging the introduction of a Vande Bharat Express connecting Bengaluru with Madgaon in Goa through Hassan, Mangaluru, Udupi and Karwar, citing improved rail infrastructure and rising passenger demand along the route.

Government primary and upper primary schools across Uttar Pradesh will remain open on December 25 this year, with students required to attend special programmes marking the birth centenary of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, replacing the customary Christmas holiday.

Jamia Millia Islamia has suspended a faculty member from its Department of Social Work after objections were raised to a question in an end-of-semester examination paper that asked students to discuss atrocities against Muslim minorities in India.

The last rites of renowned Chhattisgarh-based Hindi writer and Jnanpith Award recipient Vinod Kumar Shukla were performed with full state honours in state capital Raipur on Wednesday.

A video circulating widely on social media that allegedly shows a Muslim man cooking biryani using water from a roadside drain has been found to be artificially generated, according to fact-checkers from Alt News.

Kolkata Police has put in place elaborate security arrangements across the city ahead of Christmas and New Year celebrations, with special emphasis on Park Street and adjoining areas that are expected to witness heavy footfall, a senior officer said on Wednesday.

A six-year-old girl from Maharashtra’s Thane died over a month after being bitten by a street dog, a civic official said on Wednesday.