Resident doctors will stage a protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Wednesday, the 10th day of their indefinite strike over the alleged rape and murder of a medic in a Kolkata hospital.

A Sultanpur court on Tuesday took strong objection to Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh not appearing in a two-decade-old case and ordered police to arrest and produce him on August 28.

Healthcare services remained affected at state-run hospitals in West Bengal on Wednesday, as junior doctors continued their ceasework for the 13th consecutive day to protest against the alleged rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee at RG Kar hospital here.

Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav has expressed support for the Bharat Bandh called on Wednesday to protest the Supreme Court's ruling that permits sub-classification within reservation categories for Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST).

In the wake of landslides in Sikkim, the Congress on Wednesday hit out at the government and said hydel projects in ecologically fragile regions have been coming up over the past few years without giving adequate thought to their cumulative environmental impact.

An FIR has been registered against around 300 people involved in protests over the alleged sexual abuse of two young girls at a school in Badlapur, Thane district. The Thane Police have arrested more than 40 protestors, who are set to be presented in court today.

A NDRF team will join the search operation in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharswan district on Wednesday to trace a two-seater aircraft that went missing after it took off from an aerodrome here, a police officer said.

In a recent tweet, senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy predicted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi may lose his position through other means if he does not step down after reaching the age of 75 adhering to the manners of RSS pracharak .