The Kerala High Court has quashed an EIA notification issued by the Union Environment Ministry in 2014 exempting educational institutions and industrial sheds with built-up area of more than 20,000 square meters from obtaining an environmental clearance (EC).

"Every method has its plus and minus points," the Supreme Court on Friday said as it refused to entertain a plea alleging irregularities in the functioning of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).

The Supreme Court has mandated that the State Bank of India (SBI) must disclose electoral bond numbers, in addition to the details it has already revealed regarding the purchase and redemption of the bonds.

Newly appointed election commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu assumed charge on Friday.

A dreaded criminal of Bangladeshi origin and one of his associates were arrested following a shootout in southwest Delhi's Dwarka, police said on Friday.

Commercial services of the country's first underwater metro train commenced in Kolkata on Friday with hundreds of passengers erupting into jubilation on their first ride.

A man who used to run a shop selling Army uniforms in Rajasthan's Sri Ganganagar district has been arrested on espionage charges, officials have said.

Senior BJD vice-president and former MP Prasanna Acharya sustained serious injuries when his car collided head-on with a truck in Odisha's Sambalpur district in the early hours of Friday, police said.