The India-Japan partnership enhances the strategic stability in the Indo-Pacific region and contributes to economic growth at the global level, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday.

 A coach of a newly-procured monorail train suffered severe damages and three of its staffers, including the train captain, were injured after it hit a beam during a test run at Wadala depot in Mumbai on Wednesday morning when there were no passengers on board, officials said.

Sanjay Singh, the Jan Suraaj Party candidate from Bihar's Munger Assembly seat, joined the BJP on Wednesday, a day before the first phase of assembly elections.

A political controversy has erupted in Mumbai after city BJP chief and Andheri West MLA Ameet Satam declared that his party “will not allow any Khan to become mayor,” drawing parallels between New York City’s recent mayoral election and the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday hailed the victory of Zohran Mamdani as the new mayor of New York City and said his election was a resounding victory for progressive politics.

Union Minister George Kurian on Wednesday said that the BJP is not a threat to Christians.

A 14-month-old child died after he was allegedly administered a wrong injection at a private clinic in Jharkhand's Palamu district on Wednesday, police said.

The Congress on Wednesday demanded a high-level probe into the Bilaspur train accident and compensation of Rs 1 crore to the kin of each of those who lost their lives in the tragedy.