Thirty-six former judges on Saturday gave a call to people, including parliamentarians, to denounce opposition leaders' move to impeach Madras High Court judge Justice G R Swaminathan, saying such an attempt, if allowed to proceed, would cut at the very roots of democracy and independence of the judiciary.

At least seven elephants were killed, and one was injured after a herd of jumbos was hit by the Sairang-New Delhi Rajdhani Express in Assam's Hojai district early Saturday, officials said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Saturday for a visit to West Bengal's Nadia district, where he is scheduled to inaugurate national highway projects and address a public rally, amid heightened political tensions over the ongoing SIR exercise in the state.

Artificial intelligence is a force multiplier in the education sector but unethical use of AI tools for cheating, data and privacy breach is a matter of concern, according to educationist Shishir Jaipuria.

 A Maharashtra-based voluntary organisation has appealed to the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development to establish an independent National Widows' Rights Commission to address "systemic and lifelong injustices".

A retired teacher was found dead in a pool of blood at her residence in Ponnekara here, police said on Saturday.

 Noted Malayalam actor-director Sreenivasan died at a private hospital near here on Saturday morning, film industry sources said.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday expressed concern over media reports stating that 25 lakh people have been excluded from the draft voter list being prepared as part of the implementation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state.