Rescue operations were underway on Friday to trace over 45 people missing following flash floods triggered by cloudbursts in three districts of Himachal Pradesh, while 29 people stranded at the site of a power project in the state were brought to safety overnight, officials said.

Braving rains and adverse terrain, 40 teams of rescuers resumed search operations in landslide-hit Wayanad district on the fourth day on Friday, officials said.

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday claimed that an Enforcement Directorate raid is being planned against him after his 'chakravyuh' speech in Parliament.

Out of the 18 individuals from Karnataka killed in the Wayanad landslides in Kerala, nine were from Mysuru, four from Chamarajnagar, two from Mandya, and three from Kodagu districts. On Thursday, authorities identified the bodies of five more victims.

In a tragic incident, landslides triggered by heavy rainfall have claimed the lives of at least 308 people in Kerala's Wayanad district. The death toll has risen steadily as rescue teams, including personnel from the Indian Army, Navy, Coast Guard, and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), continue their search for survivors. 

Sultanpur (UP): Cobbler Ram Chet says he was offered Rs 10 lakh for a slipper stitched by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi but he turned down the deal and he would like to keep the "lucky" footwear in glass frame.

New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday asked the opposition not to create fear among the Muslim community over an alleged lack of equal opportunities for minorities and asserted that the government did not differentiate between citizens.

New Delhi: Citing an International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling which said Israel is in violation of obligations under the Genocide Convention, activists on Thursday demanded that government of India should cancel the licenses of the companies supplying military arms and equipment to Israel.