New Delhi, Feb 12: A high intensity earthquake of magnitude 6.1 hit Delhi NCR and several other parts of north India on Friday night.

New Delhi, Feb 12: Three BJP members in Lok Sabha on Friday moved a breach of privilege notice against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, saying by asking members to observe silence to mourn death of farmers during agitation without the permission of the Chair was a contempt of the House.

Dehradun/New Delhi, Feb 12: The debris brought by the avalanche in Uttarakhand earlier this week has blocked a stream that joins the Rishi Ganga river forming a temporary lake which if breached can cause further damage in the valley, said a report by the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology.

Bhopal, Feb 12: The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday granted interim bail to two men accused of organising a comedy show in Indore, during which stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui allegedly insulted Hindu deities.

Shimla: Senior Congress leader and sitting legislator in Himachal Pradesh Sujan Singh Pathania passed away at his native place in Fatehpur tehsil of Kangra district on Friday morning, a party leader said. He was 77.

Virudhunagar (TN), Feb 12: At least 11 workers were killed and 36 injured when an explosion ripped through a fireworks factory near Sattur in this southern district in Tamil Nadu on Friday, Police said.

 At least six workers of a private fireworks factory near Sattur in this district were killed in an explosion at the unit on Friday, police said.

Hitting back at Rahul Gandhi for his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the India-China border standoff, the BJP accused the Congress leader on Friday of "lying left, right and centre" and denigrating the country's security forces, and said the "nation cannot forgive the Gandhi family for losing 43,000 sq. kms of land to China".