A former student of a private school here on Tuesday barged into his alma mater brandishing a gun, terrorising staff and students, following which police took him into custody.

A civic body in Odisha has drawn flak for operating a crematorium in which bodies of only Brahmins are cremated.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday, the second day in a row, to enquire about the operation to rescue the 41 workers trapped inside Uttarkashi's Silkyara tunnel for 10 days.

A parliamentary panel has held that the Hindi names given to the three proposed criminal laws is not unconstitutional, dismissing criticism against the move by some political parties and their leaders.

The decomposed body of an 18-year-old man, who went missing from Mumbra in Maharashtra's Thane district last week, has been found, police said on Tuesday.

A bus conductor has been arrested in Goa for allegedly molesting a 19-year-old college student when she travelled in the vehicle, police said.

Stubble burning, which is a major source of air pollution in the national capital region every winter, is a solvable problem, said Indian-American Punit Renjen, the Deputy Chair of German software firm SAP, based on the two pilot projects he has launched in Haryana and Punjab.

Rescuers on Tuesday released the first video of the workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel here for 10 days.