Minutes after Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala invited BJP's BS Yeddyurappa to form the government on Wednesday evening, the Congress rushed to Chief Justice of Dipak Misra to ask him to cancel the governor's invitation to the BJP. The Congress, which has called the governor's decision an "encounter of the Constitution", has asked Chief Justice Misra to hold the hearing later in the night to ensure that Mr Yeddyurappa isn't sworn-in tomorrow.

Tuesday's launch capsize in Godavari river in Andhra Pradesh claimed 22 lives and the rescue workers on Wednesday fished out bodies of 12 persons including two children, officials said.

Convicted RJD chief Lalu Prasad walked out of Birsa Munda central jail after nearly five months on provisional bail of six weeks.

The Centre has told security forces not to launch operations in Jammu and Kashmir during the holy month of Ramadan, it was announced on Wednesday.

 Haryana on Wednesday assured the Supreme Court that it will not disrupt the supply of Yamuna river water to Delhi till Monday, as the court asked the Delhi government to approach the Upper Yamuna River Board (UYRB) for adjudication of water sharing dispute between the two states.

In line with the government's Digital India programme, Nokia on Wednesday launched a "Smartpur" digital village project with the aim of developing 500 digitally integrated villages across the country in five years.

 Four tribal students, including a girl, of ashram schools in Maharashtra have scaled the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest, Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said here on Wednesday.

A probe into the collapse of an under-construction flyover here in Uttar Pradesh that killed 15 people began on Wednesday, officials said.