Jaipur: Efforts were on to rescue a three-year-old girl who fell into a 150-foot deep borewell in Sarund area of Rajasthan's ‹Kotputli district two days ago, police said on Wednesday.

Rupnagar (Punjab): Police in Punjab's Rupnagar have arrested a man for allegedly killing 11 persons in the past 18 months, officials said on Tuesday.

Nainital: Four people, including a woman and a child, died and 23 got injured after a roadways bus fell into a 1,500 ft deep gorge in Bhimtal's Saldi area on Wednesday.

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate is investigating the alleged involvement of some Canadian colleges and a few Indian entities in a money laundering case linked to the trafficking of Indians into the US from the Canada border.

Chennai: An Anna University girl student was allegedly sexually assaulted and a 37-year old man, who sells biryani on the pavement, has been arrested for the crime, police said on Wednesday.

Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday described late BJP stalwart and former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee as the "second Nehru" of Indian politics.

The Congress party has criticised the process for selecting the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairperson, describing it as “fundamentally flawed.” The dissenting remarks came a day after President Droupadi Murmu appointed Justice V. Ramasubramanian, a former Supreme Court judge, as the NHRC chairperson.

As Delhi gears up for the much-anticipated Assembly elections scheduled for February next year, political parties have intensified their campaign strategies. Meanwhile, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has reportedly planned a large-scale distribution of trishuls (tridents) in the national capital. According to The Wire, the organisation has already distributed around 7,000–8,000 trishuls and aims to distribute over 50,000 before the elections. However, the VHP has denied any link between the distribution of trishuls and the elections.