India

Harsh Yadav, a Class XI student at the Kendriya Vidyalaya in Panchkula, Haryana, had no clue how fast he could run or how far he could jump.

The Centre has for the second time sent back a collegium recommendation for the appointment of two senior lawyers as Allahabad High Court judges, citing complaints against them.

Many prominent Delhi University colleges such as Lady Shri Ram College, Shri Ram College of Commerce and Hindu College, have closed admissions to several courses before the second cut-offs kicked in as the seats were filled with the names from the first list itself.

The body of a heartbroken Lionel Messi fan who had disappeared soon after Argentina lost to Croatia early on Friday has been found in a river that flows near his home in Kottayam, Kerala.

If any publicity is good publicity, Yogi Adityanath is doing Rahul Gandhi a favour.

Sections of the mainstream media in the country were roasted on social media on Saturday for taking down a report about a cooperative bank associated with BJP chief Amit Shah receiving a huge amount of demonetised currency before such establishments were barred from accepting the deposits.

A BJP legislator who had to resign as minister for joining a rally held in support of the Kathua rape-and-murder accused has warned Kashmiri journalists to "draw a line" while reporting on the Kathua incident, reminding them of the fate of murdered editor Shujaat Bukhari.

A young tribal woman has said she had to give up her two-month-old child to be accepted back into the Santhal fold in Purulia, which forbids matrimony outside the community.

Low-cost airlines IndiGo, GoAir and SpiceJet have raised their excess baggage fee to Rs 400 per kg beyond the 15kg allowed free.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday praised Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee as a great son of India and accused the Congress of deliberately downplaying the contributions of leaders like him to glorify "one family".