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The Gujarat government on Monday launched a new scheme under which farmers facing crop losses due to drought, excess rain or unseasonal rain will get compensation without collection of any premium from them.

Mumbai monsoon news: On a day when Mumbai was battling with torrential rain, the highest in four decades, 50-year-old Kanta Murti Kalan, stood for hours near an open manhole, on a waterlogged road, in Matunga. She was alerting people so that no one falls into the manhole. She was there for seven hours before civic workers arrived.

Actor Rhea Chakraborty filed a second petition with the Supreme Court on Monday, complaining against media reports that have "blown out of proportion" the ongoing investigations into Sushant Singh Rajput's death

Congress veteran Salman Khurshid and BJP's Amit Malviya offer insights into the history and politics of the citizenship law debate as they together attempt to present the two sides of the contentious issue in a new book.

A petition filed by a BJP MLA requesting a freeze on the merger of six former Bahujan Samaj Party MLAs with the Congress -- crucial for the Ashok Gehlot Government in Rajasthan -- will be taken up by the Supreme Court tomorrow. The MLA had approached the top court, urging that the matter, currently before a single judge of the Rajasthan High Court, be heard urgently in view of the beginning of the assembly session this week.

The Air India Express said on Monday that 56 passengers, who were injured in the plane crash in Kozhikode, have been discharged from various hospitals after obtaining complete fitness.

Actor Rhea Chakraborty and her family members arrived at the Enforcement Directorate's office in Mumbai at 11 am today for questioning in an alleged money laundering case linked to the death of her friend and actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Sandalwood worth approximately Rs 50 crores was seized by the police during a raid at a godown here on Sunday.

Weather update: In its latest weather alert, the India Meteorological Division (IMD) has said, "Heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, North Punjab, West Uttar Pradesh, East Rajasthan, East Madhya Pradesh, Coastal and South interior Karnataka and Kerala are expected."

Former President Pranab Mukherjee has successfully undergone surgery to remove a clot in his brain, sources said late Monday night

Leaders of the BJP and the Congress are on their toes as legislators in Manipur will vote on a confidence motion to be moved by Chief Minister N Biren Singh during a special one-day session of the Assembly on Monday. The trust vote will decide the fate of the BJP-led coalition government in the state.

Observing that there is prima facie evidence that Swapna Suresh was involved in the smuggling of gold in Kerala, a special NIA court in Kochi on Monday dismisses her bail petition on the basis of the evidence and case diary.

Rebel Sachin Pilot met Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra a short while ago in new moves towards untangling the crisis that has pushed the Rajasthan Congress government led by Ashok Gehlot to the brink.

In a joint operation of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and the Customs, 191 kgs of drugs worth around Rs 1,000 crores were seized at Nhava Sheva port of Navi Mumbai, the DRI said.

The Supreme Court today declined to accept lawyer-activist Prashant Bhushan's explanation and regret in a case of contempt over his 2009 interview calling Chief Justices corrupt.