The Supreme Court will hear on June 15 a plea challenging the government notification prohibiting the sale of animals at animal markets for slaughter on the grounds that it violated the right to free trade.

Heavy rains lashed most parts of Uttarakhand on Wednesday, giving much-needed relief to people across the hill state.

Four suspects have been arrested for allegedly gangraping a 15-year-old girl in a private bus in Salem district, Tamil Nadu.

Hizb-ul-Mujahideen terrorist Danish Ahmed on Wednesday morning surrendered before security forces in Jammu andKashmir, suggests a report by ANI.

Rains on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning lashed Delhi-NCR, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and other parts of North India, giving people some relief from the scorching heat with maximum temperatures reeling near 47 degrees.

Senior Congress leader and MP from Chhindwara Kamal Nath on Tuesday blamed Madhya Pradesh government for the killing of five farmers in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh.

The Congress Party on Tuesday released a schedule for the organisational elections which entail election of Congress President by October 15.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday said it has arrested a Delhi-based businessman, a close aide of lawyer Rohit Tandon, for converting demonetised currency notes worth Rs 51 crore.

The CBI raids on NDTV network's co-founder Prannoy Roy's premises is reminiscent of the Emergency days, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Tuesday.

India will receive 98 per cent rainfall during this monsoon between June to September with an error estimate of four percent, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday.