Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the 17-km priority section of the country's first Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor and took a ride in a 'Namo Bharat' train running on the stretch.

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra's advocate has declared a withdrawal from the defamation case filed by the MP.

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a PIL challenging the restoration of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Lok Sabha membership and imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on the petitioner.

A sessions court here has rejected an appeal by the Delhi Police challenging an order of release of seized electronic devices of five editors of news portal The Wire in connection with an FIR, saying serious injury would be caused to the "foundations of democracy" if press, its fourth pillar, is not allowed to function independently.

Veteran Communist leader and former Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan, one of the most popular and crowd-puller leaders in the history of the ruling CPI(M) in the state, turned 100 on Friday.

The Navi Mumbai police have registered a case against a 35-year-old man for allegedly raping a woman on the pretext of marriage and forcing her to undergo an abortion, an official said on Friday.

Trains of the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, will be known as 'Namo Bharat', Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced on Thursday.

A passenger was killed and at least 34 others injured when a private bus carrying them overturned in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district on Friday, the police said.