The BJP on Sunday returned to power in Arunachal Pradesh for the third time in a row, as the party secured majority by winning 33 seats in the 60-member assembly, Election Commission officials said.

Sikkim Chief Minister and SKM supremo P S Tamang won the Rhenock assembly seat by defeating SDF's Som Nath Poudyal by 7,044 votes, an EC official said on Sunday.

In the past 48 hours, Odisha has witnessed a significant rise in temperature, resulting in the tragic loss of 67 lives due to heatstroke, with Balangir district alone reporting 20 fatalities. Over the last 72 hours, the toll has reached 96, as reported by the state government, with confirmation of 15 deaths attributed to sunstroke while autopsy reports are awaited for the remaining 81 cases.

Two loco pilots were injured Sunday morning when a stationary goods train was hit from behind by another at the Sirhind railway station here, a Government Railway Police (GRP) official said.

The BJP government in Arunachal Pradesh, led by Chief Minister Pema Khandu, seems poised to retain power as they have crossed the majority mark, leading in 30 seats in the initial trends. Additionally, the BJP has already secured 10 seats uncontested in the state. Chief Minister Pema Khandu and Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein have also secured victories in their respective constituencies.

The ruling SKM won seven Assembly seats and was leading in 24 other constituencies, the Election Commission of India said on Sunday. 

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Sunday he will surrender at Tihar Jail later in the day after paying obeisance at Mahatma Gandhi's memorial at the Raj Ghat and the Hanuman temple in Connaught Place.

A fire broke out in a 62-storey residential building in south Mumbai's Byculla area around midnight, officials said on Sunday.