The state will submit a memorandum to the Centre on Thursday, seeking compensation based on the preliminary estimated loss, state industries minister EP Jayarajan said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that 90 per cent of Indians have toilet facility at their homes now as his government had got 8.3 crore toilets constructed since 2014 to make the country free of open defecation.

Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna has said that he wants to revoke Myanmar State Counsellor Suu Kyi's Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honour in the US, which was bestowed on her with much fanfare six years ago.

Management services provider JLL on Wednesday said it is cooperating with the authorities investigating the death of five labourers in west Delhi due to inhalation of toxic gas in a sewer.

The incident, which caught on CCTV cameras installed in the police station, shows the undertrial prisoner attacking the policemen from behind with a stick, before escaping from the jail.

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved more pro-farmer initiatives ahead of the 2019 general elections. The government will have a new umbrella scheme that will also allow private players to procure crop produce at remunerative prices.

The BJP on Wednesday attacked the Congress-led UPA government for blindly giving loans and weakening the banks due to which their losses increased from Rs 18,000 crore to Rs 53,000 crore, and said the NDA government brought transparency and forced people to repay their loans.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday rejected Vijay Mallya's claim that the fugitive businessman met him before he left India two years ago.