New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) plea challenging the Karnataka High Court's decision to stay an investigation against Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar in a disproportionate assets case.

New Delhi: A 2.6-magnitude earthquake hit the national capital on Saturday afternoon, according to the National Center for Seismology.

Srinagar: Three bodies were recovered from the houseboats gutted in a blaze in the Dal Lake here on Saturday, officials said.

 A 40-year-old man died, while two were hospitalised, following the chaos that occurred when passengers were boarding a Bihar-bound special train for the upcoming Chhath festival at Surat railway station in Gujarat on Saturday.

In a shocking incident, residents of Dausa district staged a large-scale protest outside the Rahuwas Police Station after a four-year-old girl was reportedly raped by a police officer who was on election duty.

 From avoiding outdoor walks to saying no to burning firecrackers, the Delhi health department has advised a slew of measures in view of the pollution in the national capital.

 The Indian Air Force conducted 404 sorties with eight MI-17 choppers for six days, ferrying polling parties along with voting machines in Naxal-affected Bastar division during the recently held first phase of Chhattisgarh polls, a senior election official said on Friday.

At least five persons were killed and about 60 passengers injured when a state government bus and an omnibus collided head-on on the Chennai-Bengaluru national highway in the wee hours of Saturday, police said.