India

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met the new president and extended an invite from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit India, which Rajapaksa accepted.

The authorities have ordered reverification of the beneficiaries who have been paid Rs 2,500 per acre for not burning paddy straw.

The initiative is being taken in view of high pollution levels in Delhi, the airline said, adding that PM 2.5 particles can "reach deep into the lungs".

Fathima was a student of humanities at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and was found dead in her hostel room on November 9.

The tourist, aged about 35, was allegedly in an intoxicated state when he was found misbehaving with women at Konkanakoppa village on Monday night.

At 1:53 pm, shares of Dilip Buildcon were trading at Rs 413, up 2.2%, after hitting the day’s high of Rs 422.85. The stock has lost over 15% in the last one month.

The woman, P Waghela 40, strangled her daughter, Nirmala Ashok Waghela, with a stole on Sunday at 9 pm at their residence in Pydhonie.

As per the eligibility conditions, the officer must have completed four years of service in the junior scale of KAS.

The International border in Jammu region saw 79 incidents of CFVs, Shripad Naik said.

In state capital Lucknow, there was no official confirmation on any move to rename the City of Taj. However, in the recent past, Allahabad has been renamed Prayagraj and Faizabad district is now called Ayodhya.

Police checked the two women's identity cards and sent them back as they were found to be in the 'barred' age group, police sources said. Females in this age group have traditionally been barred from praying at the shrine.

At the stroke of midnight on Saturday, the men started cheering at the crematorium in Chandori. They were wishing their friend Somnath Kotme on his 25th birthday, they said.

Amid slew of measures being taken by authorities to fight toxic air, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that pollution levels have come down in the national capital and therefore, there was no need to extend the odd-even car rationing scheme.

Over 70,000 devotees have offered prayers at the hill shrine since the temple opened on November 16 evening for the two-month long Mandala-Makkarvilakku puja.

Union HRD Ramesh Pokriyal promised a thorough probe into Fathima Lateef's alleged suicide after DMK MP Kanimozhi raised the matter in the Lok Sabha on the first day of the Winter Session of Parliament.

More than a hundred people gathered outside the I Monitory Advisory jewels store on Sunday evening after receiving a message on social media about the protest.