Mumbai Police on Thursday rescued 19 persons including 17 children from a studio in Powai area while the man who had held them hostage succumbed to bullet injuries sustained during the operation, officials said.

A 95-year-old man from West Bengal's Paschim Medinipur district allegedly died by suicide in Birbhum after being reportedly distressed over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, his family claimed on Thursday.

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday claimed the BJP was "using" JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar to sail through the Bihar Assembly election, and he won't be allowed to remain chief minister after the polls.

Dhawal Jain, founder and CEO of mental health startup Mave Health, has stirred debate on social media after expressing disillusionment with what he called the “India's growth story.” In a candid post on X, Jain said he was optimistic aboout India’s progress but it has waned. He warned that the country’s economic and social challenges might worsen in the coming years.

The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to entertain a public interest litigation seeking a stay on the release of the Bollywood movie 'The Taj Story', scheduled to hit the screens on Friday.

Gau Raksha Andolan, an organisation advocating the cause of cow protection, on Thursday demanded that the government declare the cow as the national mother and announced a gherao of the Civil Secretariat on November 3 in Jammu to press their demand.

An elderly man from West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipore district allegedly died by suicide in Birbhum after being reportedly distressed over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, his family claimed on Thursday.

Ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who has been freely living in exile in New Delhi since fleeing her country in August 2024 amid student-led protests over government job quotas, has reportedly said she will not return to Bangladesh under any government formed after elections that exclude her party, the Awami League.