Two Indian businessmen who were abducted in Malaysia earlier in August have been rescued, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has said.

"R.P. Vaidya and K.P. Vaidya who had gone to Malaysia for business purposes were abducted on August 3," Sushma Swaraj tweeted late on Tuesday.

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday was adjourned for the day after paying tributes to the late DMK President M. Karunanidhi.

Speaker Sumitra Mahajan read out an obituary reference and paid homage to the late former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister. Karunanidhi, 94, passed away on Tuesday.

Sneha Reddy, who graduated from IIT-Hyderabad this year, has bagged a whopping Rs 1.2-crore pay package (per annum) from Google, the highest received by a student in the IIT-H’s history since it was established in 2008.

The highest package was offered to a student until May was Rs 40 lakh and the average package stood at Rs 11.5 lakh.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid homage to the late DMK President M. Karunanidhi after laying a wreath on the body that was lying in state at Rajaji Hall here.

Arriving here by a special flight, Modi reached the government estate and paid his respects to the late former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.

The Madras high court on Wednesday allowed DMK leader M Karunanidhi to be buried at Chennai’s Marina beach.

“All we need is 6X6 foot land for a tall leader, nothing else,” said DMK in Madras high court while concluding its arguments for burying DMK leader M Karunanidhi at Chennai’s Marina Beach, the resting place of many Dravidian political icons.

The Madras High Court is hearing the arguments of the DMK and the Tamil Nadu government in the case filed by the opposition party against the government's decision not to allot land at Marina Beach to bury late DMK President M. Karunanidhi.

The DMK wants him interred near the seafront memorial of DMK founder and Karunanidhi's mentor C.N. Annadurai.

A youth has been killed while two passersby suffered injuries when a fight broke out on Delhi streets, police said on Wednesday, adding three persons have been arrested.

The incident occurred in south Delhi area late on Tuesday when a group of youngsters clashed apparently over personal enmity, a police officer said.

"Can I call you Appa for one last time my leader," DMK leader M.K. Stalin penned an emotional letter to his departed father and party leader M. Karunanidhi on Wednesday.

Chief Minister for five times and leader of DMK party for 50 years, the 94-year-old Karunanidhi breathed his last here owing to age related ailments in a private hospital here.