Amid reports of the possibility of preponing the Lok Sabha elections, Chief Election Commissioner of India Om Prakash Rawat on Saturday said the commission would abide by the law and can issue a notification for election to any house "not before six months" of the expiry of that house.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday left here for a five-day visit to South Africa during the course of which she will participate in the BRICS and IBSA ministerial meetings and also attend a series of events to commemorate the incident in which Mahatma Gandhi was ousted from a train compartment.

Customs officials on Saturday seized eight gold bars worth Rs 10 lakhs from two suspected smugglers here.

A case was lodged against Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma in Bihar's Sitamarhi district on Saturday for insulting Sita by claiming "she was the first test tube baby of India".

Hundreds of slogan-shouting residents on Saturday attended the funeral of a 21-year-old man who along with two others was injured on Friday when a paramilitary vehicle ran over protesters in an already volatile old Srinagar city.

A day after violent clashes erupted between the police and an unruly mob, army conducted flag march in some parts of the Meghalaya capital as security forces grappled with the tense situation.

Minister of State in PMO Jitendra Singh on Saturday said security forces were soft targets of Kashmiri politicians who won't criticize militants fearing they would strike back.

A 37-year-old auto-rickshaw driver killed his wife and tried to commit suicide but failed in his attempt in South Delhi's Sangam Vihar, the police said on Saturday.