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Allahabad will be renamed "Prayagraj" if there is consensus on renaming the iconic Uttar Pradesh city, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said, provoking a howl of protests from the opposition Congress.

The Agrawal community on Monday slammed the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "exploiting" the Ganga river issue for political purposes and not fulfilling its promise to clean up the holy river in the past over four years.

Indian trains will soon have voice recorders or black boxes to facilitate investigators trying to identify the cause of accidents and assess crew performances, an official said today.

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has called Hindus terrorists, a minister in Vasundhara Raje's government in Rajasthan has alleged. Jaswant Singh Yadav, who lost a by-election earlier this year after seeking votes only for Hindus, also said Mr Gandhi chief was badmouthing Hindus to appease Pakistan.

Actor Alok Nath, accused of rape by writer-producer Vinta Nanda in the #MeToo movement, has sued for defamation, asking for a written apology and Re 1 as compensation. He has filed the case jointly with his wife Ashu Nath.

Rahul Gandhi, who is visiting poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, offered prayers at Pitambara Shakti Peeth in Datia this morning. Photographs of the Congress president dressed in a white kurta with a saffron dhoti, folded hands and sitting cross-legged on the floor have flooded social media.

Fear of an epidemic outbreak is looming large in Ganjam district following Cyclone Titli and the subsequent flood even as a senior health official said no such outbreak has been reported from any of the affected areas of the district.

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday welcomed a general court martial verdict sentencing seven Army personnel, including a major general, to life imprisonment for a fake encounter 24 years ago and said it would strengthen people's faith in the judiciary and the Army.

Minister MJ Akbar sues journalist for defamation after she accused him of sex harassment

Writer-producer Vinta Nanda will remain undaunted in her fight against the sexual violation she faced 19 years ago even if defamation suits come her way, her lawyer said on Monday, a day after actor Alok Nath's wife Ashu Singh reportedly moved a court seeking a police probe into the "Tara" writer's accusation.

The Gujarat government on Monday extended formal invitation to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami for the inauguration of the world's tallest statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in that state on October 31.

Union Minister MJ Akbar, accused of sexual harassment by a dozen women in India's #MeToo movement, was back at work and attending meetings on Monday, a day after making it clear that he would contest the allegations rather than resign.

Amid opposition's scathing attacks on the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government over the Rafale deal, Rajasthan minister Jaswant Singh Yadav has said that Congress president Rahul Gandhi was "disturbed" as India and not Pakistan had acquired the fighter jets.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday began his two-day tour of poll-bound Madhya Pradesh by offering prayers at the famous Maa Peetambara Peeth temple complex in Madhya Pradesh's Datia.

The teenage son of a judge in Gurgaon who was shot by his personal security officer is "brain-dead", said a senior medical officer of the Gurgaon Civil Hospital. "He has been put on life support system," Regional Medical Officer Pawan Choudhary told news agency Press Trust of India.