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.

Delhiites woke up to clear, blue skies and abundant sunshine on Saturday, marking a welcome relief from the suffocating haze that persisted for around two weeks.