The 27-hour countdown for ISRO's historic 100th mission from this spaceport, launch of a Navigation satellite onboard a GSLV rocket commenced on Tuesday, sources in the space agency said. Also, this would be the first mission for ISRO Chairman V Narayanan, who assumed office on January 13.

The Supreme Court, while granting bail to a maulvi accused of converting a mentally challenged boy to Islam, stated that the offence of illegal religious conversion is not as serious as crimes like murder, dacoity, or rape.

At least five people were killed and more than 40 injured after a wooden structure at a Jain community event in Badaut here collapsed on Tuesday, police said.

A newly constructed four-storey building came crashing down Monday evening in north Delhi's Burari, officials said, adding 12 people have been rescued so far but more are feared trapped.

Dera Sacha Sauda chief and rape convict Gurmeet Singh has been granted 30-day parole.

A court here has directed Delhi Police to register an FIR against journalist Rana Ayyub for allegedly making some derogatory posts in 2016-17 that included "insults to Hindu deities, spreading of anti-India sentiment and incitement of religious disharmony."

Police have arrested two persons in connection with several house-breaking thefts in Thane district of Maharashtra and seized from them stolen copper pipes valued at Rs 21.45 lakh, an official said on Tuesday.

Former MLA Zeeshan Siddique has named some builders and politicians in his statement to police, while urging them to consider issues of slum development projects in Bandra during the probe into the murder of his father and NCP leader Baba Siddique.