Seven coaches of a Bengaluru-bound train derailed near Dharmapuri in Tamil Nadu on Friday after boulders fell on it but all the 2,000-odd passengers were safe and nobody was injured in the incident, the Southern Railway said here.

New Delhi: Hitting out at actor Kangana Ranaut for describing India's Independence in 1947 as 'bheek' or alms, the Congress on Thursday said her remarks amounted to "treason" and demanded the government take back the Padma Shri bestowed on her recently as she has "insulted" the country's Independence movement.

New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Congress over its leader Salman Khurshid reportedly comparing Hindutva with the jihadist Islam of terrorist groups such as ISIS and Boko Haram in his latest book, and said the opposition party is weaving a web like a spider against Hindus.

New Delhi/Chandigarh: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday arrested former Punjab MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged drug racket being probed against him and others, officials said.

Chennai: A woman police officer carrying a worker from a crematorium here who fainted amid heavy rains went viral in the social media on Thursday.

Lucknow/Gorakhpur: Paediatrician Kafeel Khan of Gorakhpur's BRD Medical College and Hospital, who had been suspended in 2017 after the death of 70 children due to oxygen shortage, has been dismissed, a government official said here on Thursday.

Ballia (UP): Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party chief Om Prakash Rajbhar on Thursday blamed the RSS for the country's Partition, a day after saying had Muhammad Ali Jinnah been made India's first prime minister this would not have happened.

The Punjab assembly on Thursday adopted a resolution against the Centre's notification that extended the jurisdiction of the Border Security Force, calling it an "insult" to the state police and seeking its withdrawal.