Security forces arrested eight active cadres, belonging to several factions of the banned Kangleipak Communist Party, in Manipur's Imphal East and Imphal West districts, police said on Saturday.

A panel under the Ministry of Environment has approved the 260-megawatt Dulhasti Stage-II hydropower project on Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, officials said on Saturday.

A fire broke out in a shop in north Delhi's Chandni Chowk on Friday, prompting authorities to rush five fire tenders to the spot, an official of the Delhi Fire Services said.

A dense fog enveloped the national capital on Saturday morning, even as the air quality stayed in the 'very poor' category.

A 40-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly ramming a car into a police barricade and injuring a constable in northwest Delhi's Rohini, police said on Friday.

The demolition of nearly 200 houses using bulldozers at Faqeer Layout and Wasim Layout colonies on Bande Road in Bengaluru has caused deep concern and anguish, said Indian Grand Mufti Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliyar. He stated that evicting residents, mostly economically backward Muslims and Dalits, from a densely populated area during severe cold is inhumane.

A major accident was averted on Friday when a newly constructed ropeway in Bihar's Rohtas district collapsed during trial, officials said.

Motivational speaker and life coach Sonu Sharma has strongly criticised the Narendra Modi-led central government and the Supreme Court over recent developments related to the Aravalli Hills, warning that the decisions could have long-term consequences for North India’s environment and air quality.