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Rashtriya Lok Dal President Jayant Chaudhary on Friday said that the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, which left a total of nine people dead, was no less than a "terror attack". ....

Police in UP's Lakhimpur on Friday issued a fresh notice to Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni, asking him to appear before them on October 9 to record his statement. ....

A woman in Assam's Golaghat district has been trampled to death by a wild elephant, officials said on Sunday. ....

Justice Satish Chandra Sharma was sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court (HC) on Monday. ....

Terming Tuesday 'Shaheed Kisan Diwas', the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Monday said the "antim ardaas" of the martyrs of Lakhimpur Kheri massacre will take place in Tikunia in the Uttar Pradesh district and appealed supporters to pay homage with a candlelight vigil. ....

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday junked a petition challenging the appointment of Gujarat-cadre IPS Officer Rakesh Asthana as the Commissioner of Delhi Police. ....

A fire broke out on the panel of the mobile towers on the roof of the 14th floor of the West Bengal secretariat in Nabanna in Kolkata on Tuesday noon. Firefighters and police rushed to the spot and the brought the fire under control within half-an-hour. ....

India has emerged from a "very tough second wave" of Covid-19, Gita Gopinath, the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Chief Economist, said on Tuesday at the release of the flagship report that showed India continuing to be the world's fastest growing major economy clocking a growth rate of 9.5 per cent this fiscal year and 8.5 per cent in the next. ....

India on Wednesday reported 15,823 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours. Total 226 deaths have also been reported in the same time span, pushing the death toll at 4,51,189, the Union Health Ministry said. ....

After dropping for a few days, Kerala's daily Covid case tally again went up on Wednesday, with 11,079 cases after 89,995 samples were tested, and the test positivity rate also rose to 12.31 per cent, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said in a statement. ....