India has successfully test-fired indigenously designed and developed long-range precision-guided anti-airfield bomb that was dropped from an Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft, the Defence Ministry said on Sunday.

The ecologist said extensive stone quarrying and mushrooming of high-rises as part of tourism, and illegal forest land acquisition by private parties are the major reasons for the recent floods in the state.

Fisherman Jaisal KP won applauds for stepping in to help the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team and rescuing three stranded women — one with an infant — in Vengara's Muthalamada area on Saturday.

Former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Sunday said that back series calculation of GDP proved that UPA I and II governments led by the Congress (2004-2014) delivered the highest decadal growth of 8.13 per cent since independence.

The alleged main shooter arrested in the Narendra Dabholkar killing case received "shooting training" at various places in Maharashtra and Karnataka, the CBI told a court here today.

In the wake of 23 Dalit families residing in a relief camp at Pallippad grama panchayat here alleging that they faced caste discrimination, district collector S Suhas ordered a probe into the incident. Speaking to TOI, Suhas said that tahsildar Karthikapally and district police chief have been directed to probe the incident and submit reports soon.

A total of 846,680 people made homeless by devastating floods in Kerala are sheltering in 3,734 camps and the last stage of rescue operations is now on, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Sunday.

The ashes of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee were immersed by his foster daughter Namita in the Ganges here on Sunday.