A head constable of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) was shot dead allegedly by a colleague at their outpost in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district early on Wednesday, officials said.

The Indian Navy will on Wednesday carry out operational demonstrations at the Shangumugham Beach here as part of the Navy Day celebrations.

The Union home ministry on Tuesday appointed senior advocate Madhav Khurana as the special public prosecutor for "conducting trial and other matters" in the case related to the November 10 car blast near the Red Fort that claimed 15 lives, a government order said.

 Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Tuesday said the Congress has survived for more than 100 years as there is internal freedom in the party with people of different mindsets acommodated in it.

Organisations and activists on Tuesday demanded an empowered commission to ensure the Bhopal gas tragedy victims receive proper medical care, compensation, and rehabilitation, and accused the Madhya Pradesh government of "inaction".

BJP leader Colonel (retired) Ajay Kothiyal has expressed regret that even four months after the cloudburst in Dharali of Uttarkashi district, the bodies of 147 people buried under the debris could not be recovered.

A '108' service ambulance arrived late at a road accident site in Madhya Pradesh's Barwani district on Tuesday, but instead of venting their ire, local residents garlanded its driver, emergency medical technician with flowers and presented them coconuts, eyewitnesses said.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each for the families of 39 people who, she claimed, died due to "SIR-induced panic", including several suicide cases reported since the SIR of electoral rolls began last month.