A 13-year-old girl studying in Class 8 died after she allegedly jumped off the third floor of her school building in Jalna city of Maharashtra on Friday morning, police said.

The Congress on Friday announced that it will hold a rally on December 14 at Ramlila Maidan here, against the alleged "vote chori".

 After lying low for nearly two months following the September 27 Karur stampede, TVK chief, actor-politician Vijay is likely to resume his political campaign pretty soon, party sources said on Friday.

New Delhi: The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has released a new update on India, stating that the country’s political structure and the close relationship between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) are contributing to discriminatory laws and restrictions on religious freedom.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath attended the 26th International Conference of Chief Justices of the World organised by City Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow, where jurists and dignitaries from 52 countries are taking part. The event is being held at the CMS Kanpur Road auditorium from November 20 to 23.

Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh on Friday took a swipe at the BJP as no leader of the ruling party received former vice president Jagdeep Dhankhar at the airport here, claiming that it follows the "use-and-throw" policy.

The rupee plunged 98 paise to close at its lifetime low of 89.66 against the US dollar on Friday, due to a huge demand for the greenback in the domestic forex market amid widespread selling pressure in local and global equities and trade-related uncertainties.

State-run aerospace behemoth Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), the manufacturer of Tejas aircraft, on Friday said it was deeply saddened by the loss of life of the "courageous IAF pilot" during the aerial display at the Dubai Air Show.