Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a plea for stopping the August 5 "Bhoomi Pujan" ceremony for laying down the foundation stone for building a Ram temple in Ayodhya.

Udupi: Asserting that the funeral rites of the deceased COVID-19 patients were being carried following all the protocols and guidelines set by the government, Udupi DC G Jagadeesh on Friday warned people against causing hindrance and nuisance to resist funeral of such patients.

Kokrajhar (Assam): Driven by extreme poverty and lack of work during the COVID-19 crisis, a migrant labourer in Assam sold his 15-day-old daughter for Rs 45,000 but police rescued the baby, officials said on Friday.

Madurai: Two more officers of the CBI team that probed the Tuticorin custodial death case tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, while one of the accused policemen is found to have contracted the virus.

The railways will move towards contactless ticketing like at airports with QR code-enabled tickets, which will be scanned on handheld devices and mobile phones at the stations and on the trains, a senior official of the national transporter said on Thursday.

New Delhi: A Delhi court Friday allowed 53 people from Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan and South Africa to walk free on payment of fines, after they accepted mild charges under the plea bargain process, related to various violations including visa norms while attending the Tablighi Jamaat event here during the COVID-19 lockdown.

New Delhi: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot says the Congress and its allies have a majority in the assembly and a section of its MLAs are anxious to return to the party fold but are being held captive in a hotel in Haryana.

Lucknow: A special CBI court on Friday recorded the statement of veteran BJP leader LK Advani in the Babri mosque demolition case.