India on Wednesday called upon Germany to ensure early return of Indian baby girl Ariha Shah who has been living in a foster care in Berlin for nearly four years.

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday assured exporters to support them in dealing with steep tariffs imposed by the US, an official said.

The rupee recovered 13 paise from its all-time low level to settle at 88.02 against US dollar on Wednesday, on positive domestic equities, softening of crude oil prices and weak US dollar index.

An elderly woman, along with six other people, are alleged to have cut the tongue of a man in Jharkhand's Dumka district, police said on Wednesday.

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday dismissed allegations by former BRS leader K Kavitha of a "tacit understanding" with BRS MLA T Harish Rao, saying he "does not need to be involved with such dirty people."

Four persons were killed and three went missing after a portion of a small dam collapsed and led to a flash flood in Chhattisgarh's Balrampur district, officials said on Wednesday.

The 56th meeting of the GST Council, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and comprising state ministers, on Wednesday started deliberations on 'next-gen GST' reforms, which will lower tax rates on items of mass consumption, remove duty inversion in sectors, like textiles, and ease compliance burden for MSMEs.

The BJP on Wednesday alleged that Congress leader Pawan Khera's wife also has two active voter ID cards, and said party leader Rahul Gandhi cannot extricate himself from such "acts of criminality within his own ranks".