Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday attacked the Congress for amending the Constitution in 1951 to restrict Syama Prasad Mookerjee from advocating 'Akhand Bharat' whereas currently it finds calls for 'tukde tukde' a "legitimate free speech".

In a first, India-born geophysicist Paramesh Banerjee is among the four shortlisted to head the Institute of Geophysics, a top scientific organisation of China's Earthquake Administration (CEA). The other three candidates are Chinese.

Two youths were arrested on Friday after a video clip surfaced showing them molesting a woman in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district, police said.

Fuel prices across the four metro cities rose for the second straight day on Friday after declining for over a month. Petrol prices in Delhi rose by 14 paise to Rs 75.85 per litre, from Rs 75.71 on Thursday, data on the Indian Oil Corp's website showed.

A Class 10 student committed suicide after she was molested, police said.

The girl, who hailed from Prajapat Nagar, on Thursday hung herself with a rope after leaving a suicide note in which she said she was molested by a youth, who even blackmailed her on the social media, police said.

Two persons including a nun of the Missionaries of Charity established by Mother Teresa, have been arrested for selling children, police said on Thursday.

A coach of the Bandra LTT-Madurai Express got derailed early on Friday in Maharashtra, throwing the intercity services on the busy Mumbai-Pune sector out of gear, an official said.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday approved the much debated doorstep ration delivery system and directed the Food Department to implement it immediately.