Women are excelling in various fields but there are many who still face social stereotypes, economic inequalities and psychological barriers, President Droupadi Murmu said on Sunday, giving a call for making a collective effort to address the issue with sensitivity.

A passenger has been booked for allegedly smoking a 'beedi' (hand-rolled cigarette) inside a toilet of a Delhi-Goa flight, police said on Sunday.

Former West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Sunday said his resignation was a "conscious decision" and asserted that the reasons for his exit will remain confidential till the right time comes.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday launched the construction of a Rs 542-crore underground tunnel that will connect the Bihar Museum and Patna Museum, officials said.

A 26-year-old woman's body was found hanging from a tree alongside a canal here, half-submerged in water, on Sunday, police said.

Two persons are missing after a fishing boat sank following a collision with a ship off the Kollam coast, officials said on Sunday.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said Narendra Modi "should resign first," since he became the Prime Minister with the votes of the people whose names were allegedly being “deleted arbitrarily” during the SIR by the Election Commission.

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Sunday batted for greater institutional reforms in the judiciary to bring more women into the legal field and said that high court collegiums should consider meritorious women members of the Bar for judgeship as a norm and not as an exception.