Amit Chaturvedi With Pti Inputs

No significant change in minimum temperatures is expected over most parts of India during next five days, the weather department added.

As many as 57,778 candidates are in the fray for 12,607 posts of ward members in 648 urban local bodies.

A cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir's Baltal on Friday night caused flash floods near the Amarnath Yatra base camp but all pilgrims are reported to be safe, police said.

A poorly-worded written reply in Parliament to a question on the sensitive issue of farmer suicides in the country, has earned Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh much criticism. In his reply he lists dowry, love affairs and impotency as some causes of suicide.

Seven jawans of the special task force of Chhattisgarh Police were killed and 12 injured in an encounter with Naxals in Pedmal forest in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has praised Indian cricket team's performance in the World Cup saying the country is proud of them.

Veteran communist leader and anti-toll tax campaigner Govind Pansare, who had sustained multiple gunshot wounds in an attack on Monday, died on Friday at Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital. He was flown to Mumbai earlier on Friday for treatment.

On the eve of the crucial floor test in the Bihar Assembly for Jitan Ram Manjhi, Janata Dal (United) chief Sharad Yadav mocked the Chief Minister and said his dreams of proving his government's majority will never be fulfilled.

India today successfully test-launched Agni-5, its longest range ballistic missile, for the third time off the Odisha coast. The missile was launched from a canister from Wheeler Island, giving it higher road mobility.

The female teacher in Punjab's Gurdarpur, who reportedly stipped 13 girl students, is likely to be questioned on Monday. An inquiry has already been ordered by the Punjab government and Education Minister Daljit Singh Cheema has sought a report from District Education officer about the incident.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa today conceded defeat in Sri Lanka's tightest-ever presidential race and left his official residence, with cumulative results showing Opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena leading.

For the first time since the Pakistan-India Dosti bus service began 15 years ago between New Delhi and Lahore, Pakistan has restricted its entry, citing increased "terror threats".

A 22-year-old woman was allegedly abducted and gang-raped by four men at gunpoint in Daurala area of Meerut, police said.

The ruling Yadav clan of Uttar Pradesh was present in full force at Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav's home district Mainpuri on Friday to launch the 17th edition of Saifai Mahotsav, which was inaugurated by party MP Jaya Bachchan.

The 59th Annual Convocation of Kolkata's Jadavpur University on Wednesday turned embarrassing for West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi, who is also its Chancellor, when a student refused to accept the best graduate degree and gold medal from him.

No significant change in minimum temperatures is expected over most parts of India during next five days, the weather department added.

As many as 57,778 candidates are in the fray for 12,607 posts of ward members in 648 urban local bodies.

A cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir's Baltal on Friday night caused flash floods near the Amarnath Yatra base camp but all pilgrims are reported to be safe, police said.

A poorly-worded written reply in Parliament to a question on the sensitive issue of farmer suicides in the country, has earned Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh much criticism. In his reply he lists dowry, love affairs and impotency as some causes of suicide.

Seven jawans of the special task force of Chhattisgarh Police were killed and 12 injured in an encounter with Naxals in Pedmal forest in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has praised Indian cricket team's performance in the World Cup saying the country is proud of them.

Veteran communist leader and anti-toll tax campaigner Govind Pansare, who had sustained multiple gunshot wounds in an attack on Monday, died on Friday at Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital. He was flown to Mumbai earlier on Friday for treatment.

On the eve of the crucial floor test in the Bihar Assembly for Jitan Ram Manjhi, Janata Dal (United) chief Sharad Yadav mocked the Chief Minister and said his dreams of proving his government's majority will never be fulfilled.

India today successfully test-launched Agni-5, its longest range ballistic missile, for the third time off the Odisha coast. The missile was launched from a canister from Wheeler Island, giving it higher road mobility.

The female teacher in Punjab's Gurdarpur, who reportedly stipped 13 girl students, is likely to be questioned on Monday. An inquiry has already been ordered by the Punjab government and Education Minister Daljit Singh Cheema has sought a report from District Education officer about the incident.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa today conceded defeat in Sri Lanka's tightest-ever presidential race and left his official residence, with cumulative results showing Opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena leading.

For the first time since the Pakistan-India Dosti bus service began 15 years ago between New Delhi and Lahore, Pakistan has restricted its entry, citing increased "terror threats".

A 22-year-old woman was allegedly abducted and gang-raped by four men at gunpoint in Daurala area of Meerut, police said.

The ruling Yadav clan of Uttar Pradesh was present in full force at Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav's home district Mainpuri on Friday to launch the 17th edition of Saifai Mahotsav, which was inaugurated by party MP Jaya Bachchan.

The 59th Annual Convocation of Kolkata's Jadavpur University on Wednesday turned embarrassing for West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi, who is also its Chancellor, when a student refused to accept the best graduate degree and gold medal from him.