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A local court on Thursday directed police to produce by November 25 the case diary related to the 2018 suicide of model-turned-spiritual guru Bhaiyyu Maharaj in Madhya Pradesh.

A 56-year-old furniture trader, his live-in partner and their domestic help were found dead with multiple stab wounds at their home, police said on Thursday.

A debate on pollution in Parliament went musical on Thursday with a union minister belting out a Bollywood number for clean air and a member echoing similar songs.

Accusing the previous state governments of only resorting to stone-laying, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Basti on Thursday said his government ensured that projects were also inaugurated.

As many as 566 national highway projects are running behind schedule owing to issues ranging from land acquisition, forest and wildlife clearances to poor performance of contractors, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari told Parliament on Thursday.

First woman pilot of Indian Navy will join Naval operations in Kochi on December 2, two days ahead of Navy Day on December 4, a Defence source told PTI on Thursday.

An improvised explosive device (IED) was on Thursday recovered and later defused by security forces on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway in Kulgam district, police said.

India said on Thursday it has received full understanding from across the political spectrum in the US over its decision relating to withdrawal of special status of Jammu and Kashmir.

The deceased hails from Japan and was in IITG on an exchange programme for three month from Gifu University at Japan.

Twice the toll amount will be charged from December 1 for passing through FASTag lanes without the tags at toll plazas on national highways, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday.

The JNU Teachers' Association (JNUTA) met the HRD Ministry-appointed high-powered committee on Thursday and demanded complete roll-back of the hiked hostel fee and removal of the university vice-chancellor.

India's ancient traditions of non-violence, kindness, love and compassion are needed in today's world where people are fighting on the basis of religion and countries over territorial disputes, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said in New Delhi today.

The centre referred a legislation seeking a ban on commercial surrogacy to a 23-member select committee of the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, after members suggested modifications to some of its more contentious provisions. "I move the motion that the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill-2019, as passed by the Lok Sabha, be referred to a select committee of the Rajya Sabha," Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said.

The Congress is taking disciplinary action against several party members in Uttar Pradesh following opposition to the revamp of the state unit in October.

The police told the Delhi High Court on Thursday that officials who had handled the passport application of real estate baron Sushil Ansal have not yet joined the investigation into how he got the travel document despite his conviction.