Breaking News, October 8 | HIGHLIGHTS

Kurukshetra in Haryana received double rainfall than average while Tarn Taran in Punjab received 80 percent more rains during this year's monsoon, which remained normal for the two states, according to the Meteorological Department data.

Two Army porters were injured in a landmine explosion near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said on Sunday.

The death toll from strong earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan has risen to over 2,000, a Taliban government spokesman said on Sunday. It's one of the deadliest earthquakes to strike the country in two decades.

A Pakistani national was apprehended after he crossed the International Border and entered Indian territory in the area falling near village Gajni Wala here, a Border Security Force official said on Sunday.

An Army officer undergoing the Young Officers course at the Infantry School at Mhow in Madhya Pradesh has gone missing, police said on Sunday.

The FMCG industry expects a subdued low to mid-single-digit volume growth in the July-September quarter as weak macroeconomic conditions amid rising food prices and below-normal rainfall in some regions are impeding the recovery in rural demand.

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav rejected the charge levelled by opposition BJP and its allies that findings of the caste survey have been manipulated to suit his RJD's prospects. Talking to reporters here on Saturday, he pointed out that his caste was the most populous even as per the 1931 census, and told the BJP to press the demand for a nationwide caste census if it was not happy with the state government's exercise.

A case has been registered against six people for allegedly attacking a team of revenue department that had gone to a village in his district on Saturday after a complaint about stubble burning, officials said.

A seven-year-old girl was smothered to death here allegedly by a relative when she resisted him for touching her inappropriately, police said on Saturday.

Two passengers of a Mercedes car were injured on Saturday night after a road crash in Noida, police said. The Mercedes Benz GLA 200 collided with the Tata Tiago at Nithari in Sector 26 late night, they said.

Backed by a barrage of rockets, dozens of Hamas militants broke out of the blockaded Gaza Strip and into nearby Israeli towns, killing dozens and abducting others in an unprecedented surprise early morning attack during a major Jewish holiday Saturday.