LIVE: 25 reported dead in UP's Kanpur after vehicle carrying pilgrims meets with accident

25 reported dead in UP's Kanpur after vehicle carrying pilgrims meets with accident, President, PM and other leaders condole deaths. Read more

Former CPI(M) Kerala state secretary and Polit Bureau member Kodiyeri Balakrishnan passes away at the age of 68. He was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Chennai, reports ANI.

Russia has withdrawn its troops from the once-occupied city of Lyman, as Ukraine's eastern counteroffensive recaptures more territory, reports The Associated Press.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath said on Saturday that 5G will lead to a qualitative improvement in the pace of work and will help the state become a 1 trillion dollar economy. 

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over kneeling before the public during a gathering in the state's Sirohi district.

Madhya Pradesh's Indore was adjudged India's cleanest city for the sixth time in a row in the Union government's annual cleanliness survey. Surat and Navi Mumbai secured the second and third position respectively. 

Emmanuel Lenain, France's ambassador to India, said on Saturday that Russia's offensive in Ukraine was a violation of international law and that leaders in New Delhi and Paris are working together to convince President Vladimir Putin to end the war, which has entered its seventh month.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) would build government run scools in each village of Gujarat if the won the state assembly elections. Kejriwal also promised to get Narmada water to every corner of Kutch district. 

BJP leader Sushil Modi said on Saturday that teh saffron party will hold a 15-minute silent protest on Sunday against the deteriorating law and order condition in Bihar. 

Modi, the former deputy chief minister of Bihar, said the protest will be held near the statue of Mahatama Gandhi in Patna. 

a woman - allegedly carrying 490 grams of cocaine worth ₹4.9 crore concealed in a special cavity made in her sandal - was held by customs at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai. 

The United Nations' mission in Afghanistan said on Saturday that the death toll from a suicide bombing of a classroom in Kabul rose to at least 35, news agency AFP reported. 

"The latest casualty figures from the attack number at least 35 fatalities, with an additional 82 wounded," the UN mission said in a statement.

On Friday, a suicide bomber blew himself up at a study hall in Kabul's Dasht-e-Barchi district when hundreds of students were taking tests in preparation for university entrance exams.

The Congress said on Saturday that Brijlal Khabri has been appointed the president of its Uttar Pradesh unit. 

The three key accused in Uttarakhand receptionist Ankita Bhandari's murder have been remanded in custody of the Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is probing the case. 

Pulkit Arya, son of ex-BJP leader, who was the owner of the resort where Ankita worked, resort manager Saurabh Bhaskar and assistant manager Ankit Gupta, were arrested last week for allegedly killing Bhandari. 

Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge resigned from his position of Leader of Opposition in the Upper House as he filed nomination papers for the party chief post.

The director general of Ukraine's Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was detained by a Russian patrol, Energoatom, the state agency in charge of the plant, said on Saturday.

The official Twitter account of the Pakistan government has been withheld in India. On the Twitter page of the official handle, it was written that the account has been withheld in India in response to a legal demand.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the 6th edition of the India Mobile Congress (IMC) at the Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, launching India's 5G services, which, in the initial phase, will be rolled out in 13 cities. The technology will be introduced across the entire country in the next two years.

A fire broke out at Global Foyer Mall on Golf Course Road in Gurgaon. Several fire tenders have been rushed to the spot.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch 5G services in India today in select cities. The service is expected to progressively cover the entire country over the next couple of years.

The Russian Consulate in New York was vandalised with red spray paint on Saturday. The paint appeared hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin announced he was annexing four parts of Ukraine occupied by Moscow's army, AFP reported.

Russia vetoed a UN resolution Friday that would have condemned its referendums in four Ukrainian regions as illegal, declared them invalid and urged all countries not to recognize any annexation of the territory claimed by Moscow.

The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 10-1 with China, India, Brazil and Gabon abstaining.

The resolution would also have demanded an immediate halt to Russia’s “full-scale unlawful invasion of Ukraine” and the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all its military forces from Ukraine.