A resident of Himachal Pradesh's Bilaspur district was duped of Rs 20,000 by a woman posing as a social worker on the pretext of supporting marriage of underprivileged women, police said on Wednesday.

Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai greeted members of the legal fraternity with the salute “Jai Bhim” after taking oath as the 52nd Chief Justice of India on Wednesday, by marking a moment of deep constitutional symbolism at the Supreme Court.

A suburban train derailed while entering Dum Dum railway station here on Wednesday, an Eastern Railway official said. 

The Odisha Police on Wednesday beefed up security at port town Paradip after the arrival of a ship with 21 Pakistani crew members on board, officials said.

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi is chairing a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security on Wednesday, the first since the pause in hostilities between India and Pakistan.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday assured every possible help to rebuild homes of people affected by Pakistani shelling near the Line of Control and said "the pain of my people is deeply personal".

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to list for urgent hearing a plea seeking the registration of an FIR against the Allahabad High Court's Justice Yashwant Varma in connection with the cash discovery row.

A man was arrested on Wednesday in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly posting indecent remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media, police said.