The Congress urged Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday not to regard an interaction of farmer leaders with the media after they met Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi in the Parliament complex last week as a violation of decorum, and cited past instances of women filmstars and others interacting with reporters after the women's reservation bill was tabled in the House.

84 people have died and hundreds are stranded after Wayanad was struck by catastrophic landslides in the early hours of Tuesday. A particularly distressing scene has emerged with a man trapped in the slush for hours, crying out for help while rescue teams struggle to reach him.

Another devastating landslide has struck Mundakkai in Wayanad, severely obstructing ongoing rescue operations. Continuous heavy rains have exacerbated the situation, making relief efforts increasingly difficult.

Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, has criticized the Modi government for what he describes as a lack of attention to national security concerns.

Frantic phone calls were made by people desperately pleading for help after being trapped under destroyed houses and piles of debris as landslides rocked the high-range hamlets of Kerala's Wayanad district in the early hours of Tuesday.

The Delhi High Court has agreed to hear on Wednesday a plea seeking to constitute a high-level committee to probe the incident in which three civil service aspirants drowned at the basement of a coaching centre in Old Rajinder Nagar here.

A footbridge and three makeshift sheds, including a liquor shop, were washed away following a flash flood triggered by a cloudburst in Tosh Nallah in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district, officials said on Tuesday.

The landslides in hills of Wayanad in Kerala that killed many and injured scores figured in the Rajya Sabha discussions on Tuesday with the Left and the Congress demanding that the Centre extend financial and other assistance to the state.