Police have arrested two Nepalese citizens from the India-Nepal border in Uttar Pradesh’s Maharajganj district with 10 kg of silver worth about Rs 50 lakh, officials said on Thursday.

 A clerical mistake during an international fund transfer has left Kerala University’s Centre for Latin American Studies facing a financial loss of nearly ₹16.5 lakh, making it one of the institution’s costliest administrative errors in recent years.

More than ₹4.5 lakh in cash, including banned ₹2,000 notes and foreign currency, was recovered from a beggar who died following a road accident in Alappuzha district, police said.

The Supreme Court on Thursday clarified that it has not directed the removal of all stray dogs from public streets and that its earlier order was limited to removing dogs from institutional areas such as hospitals and similar premises.

A prominent member of India's shooting coaching staff, Ankush Bhardwaj, has been suspended by the national federation after a minor shooter accused him of sexually assaulting her during the National Championships last month.

The Supreme Court on Thursday deferred to January 13 the final hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the Election Commission’s decision to undertake the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in several states, including Bihar.

 Twelve newly elected councillors in the Ambernath Municipal Council, suspended by the Congress for aligning with the BJP after the polls, have formally joined the saffron party.

A biting chill swept through the national capital on Thursday morning, as Delhi woke up to its lowest minimum temperature recorded this year, and the third lowest for the season, at 5.8 degrees Celsius, data from the India Meteorological Department showed.