Over Rs 5,800 crore has been sanctioned for pollution abatement at 34 river stretches in 16 states across the country, excluding River Ganga, the Environment Ministry has said.

Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has made a big statement about mob lynchings. When asked about the recent cases of lynchings in our country, Naqvi said most of these cases are concocted and fake.

 Former Delhi BJP president Mange Ram Garg passed away at a city hospital here on Sunday morning.

The demise of Garg, 83, was mourned by senior party leaders along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi who described him as a partyman with deep connect with Delhi who selflessly served it's people.

An Uttar Pradesh man was charged an exorbitant electricity bill of more than Rs. 128 crore. The man, who claims to have tried his best to rectify the exorbitant amount charged to him, says the electricity department has also cut off supply to his home allegedly because he failed to pay the bill.

Controversial Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen's residence permit has been extended for one year by the Union Home Ministry, officials said on Sunday.

One of the undertrials, who escaped from police custody after miscreants opened fire at a jail van in Sambhal district, was killed in an encounter Saturday night here, police said.

Aurangabad: Police in Maharashtra's Aurangabad city arrested one person Saturday, a day after a Muslim man was allegedly beaten up by a group of hooligans and forced to say "Jai Shriram".

Neemuch: A 58-year old man has been allegedly beaten to death by a mob on suspicion of stealing peacocks in Madhya Pradesh's Neemuch district, police said Saturday, adding that nine persons have been arrested.