Araria (Bihar): A portion of a newly constructed bridge over the Bakra river collapsed in Pararia village of Bihar’s Araria district on Tuesday, a police officer said.

Guwahati: Assam's Home Secretary Siladitya Chetia allegedly died by suicide at a private hospital in Guwahati after his wife passed away following prolonged illness on Tuesday, police said.

Gurugram: A couple broke down at the gates of a UPSC exam centre here after the authorities refused entry to their daughter, saying she had turned up late for the test.

New Delhi: Accusing the government of "destroying" Indian Railways, the Congress on Tuesday demanded Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw's resignation in the wake of the Kanchanjunga Express accident, saying he has no moral right to remain in the position.

New Delhi: Political scientists Yogendra Yadav and Suhas Palshikar on Monday wrote to NCERT objecting to new textbooks carrying their names even after they had disassociated themselves from the revisions and said they will be forced to take legal recourse if these books with their names are not withdrawn immediately.

Mehsana (Guj): A case has been registered against four persons for allegedly cheating a homoeopath in Gujarat’s Mehsana who paid Rs 16.32 lakh to get admission to a medical course in Uttar Pradesh but received a fake degree instead.

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: A 23-year-old woman died on Monday after she pressed the accelerator while her car was in reverse gear and it plunged into a valley in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in Maharashtra, a police official said.

A controversy has erupted after a video showed a Congress worker washing the feet of the party's Maharashtra chief Nana Patole before stepping out of a car in Akola district of the state, with the ruling BJP targeting him for "insulting" the workers of his party.