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The Reserve Bank of India has instructed nationalised banks to continue to accept coins deposited by the Saibaba temple at Shirdi in Maharashtra, the temple's managing body said Wednesday.

The United States has told India it is considering caps on H-1B work visas for nations that force foreign companies to store data locally, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, widening the two countries' row over tariffs and trade.

In a departure from tradition, for the first time in 53 years, the Shiv Sena invited a leader from outside the party, for its foundation day event held in Mumbai on Wednesday. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the chief guest, in turn, referred to Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray as "my elder brother" in his address to the 'sainiks' which is what the Shiv Sena cadre refer to themselves as.

The Congress on Wednesday described the deaths of children in Bihar due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome as a "national horror story" and demanded accountability from the Centre and the state government.

A sub-inspector was booked for allegedly attempting to harass a 30-year-old woman, an official said Wednesday.

The Indian Army is planning to raise Integrated Battle Groups (IBGs) along the borders with Pakistan that will help it carry out swift strikes in case of war, sources said.

A 45-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly raping his 15-year-old daughter in Odisha's Jajpur district, police said.

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday summoned Mathew Samuel, the whistleblower in the Narada sting operation case, to appear before it for questioning on June 24.

A journalist working for a Hindi daily died after sustaining 90 per cent burns in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar on Wednesday. His brother has alleged that he was set on fire by the additional agriculture extension officer and another man.

Two men from Chhatarpur in Madhya Pradesh have been arrested in connection with the "honour killing" of a Dalit mason in Punjab's Ludhiana district two months ago.

The government has decided to waive registration charges for electric vehicles, a draft notification said Wednesday.

The smallest coffins are the heaviest and that is the impression one gets when stepping inside the premises of the Shri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH) in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarpur, which has witnessed the deaths of close to 100 children in three weeks.

The sub-inspector of a Kolkata police station was suspended and two other policemen show caused after former Miss India Ushoshi Sengupta alleged inefficiency of the police after she was harassed and assaulted by a mob on Monday night.

An ailing four-day-old infant died after being shuttled around from one government hospital to another in western Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly for over three hours today. The Uttar Pradesh government has suspended the presiding doctor of one hospital and initiated departmental action against the official in charge of the other.

Two former top executives of IL&FS have been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with its money laundering probe in the crisis-hit lending firm's alleged financial irregularities case.