Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Saturday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had waived loans worth Rs 3.5 lakh crore of 15 select industrialists during his tenure.

A man was stoned death by unidentified persons following a drunken brawl in Pakur district, police said Saturday. The incident took place at Gutipara village under the jurisdiction of Littipara police station, the police said.

Two unidentified militants were killed Saturday in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said.

Rakesh Asthana, the CBI's number two officer who has been accused of accepting bribe by his boss Alok Verma, has pointed out that he was in London during the entire period when the alleged negotiation with a Hyderabad-based businessman and the exchange of money through middlemen took place, NDTV has learnt. Mr Asthana has also dismissed the claim that the middleman met him at his office Delhi around the same time.

A senior executive of Tata Steel Processing and Distribution Ltd was shot dead at the company's warehouse in Faridabad this afternoon, allegedly by a former employee. Arindam Pal, senior manager (supply chain) at the Tata Steel warehouse, was shot five times from close range.

At least 15 newborns have died at Jorhat Medical College and Hospital (JMCH) in upper Assam between November 1 and 6, prompting the state health department to rush a team to investigate the matter, officials said Friday.

Three Dalits were allegedly thrashed by four men for objecting to their casteist slur in a village near Una town in Gujarat's Gir Somnath district, police said Friday.

The district police are investigating a charge that a man lit a firecracker after putting it in the mouth of a three year-old-girl, seriously injuring her.