Maharashtra Governor Jishnu Dev Varma announced a major expansion of the state’s Protocol Department, aimed at strengthening global engagement and attracting higher foreign investment into the state.

The death toll in the tragic boat accident at Bargi Dam rose to nine on Friday, as rescue teams recovered five more bodies from the reservoir following the capsizing of a cruise vessel amid a sudden storm.

A large number of devotees gathered at Har Ki Pauri on Friday to take a holy dip in the Ganga River on the occasion of Buddha Purnima.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday described the return of sacred relics of Lord Buddha to Ladakh after 75 years as a "historic reunion".

The ECI has ordered repolling in 15 polling stations in Diamond Harbour and Magrahat Paschim Assembly seats on Saturday.

Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday launched 827 road projects under the PMGSY-IV in Odisha.