One incident took place in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut while the other occurred in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal. Both individuals were arrested.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his conversation with Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, made a push for the de-escalation of situation in West Asia where the situation remains tensed between Israel and Iran.

The Centre on Friday approved a major bureaucratic reshuffle and made several new appointments in various departments.

Sisodia walked out of Tihar Jail after getting bail from Supreme Court. He said that talks regarding AAP-Congress alliance for the Delhi Assembly polls will be held after Kejriwal is out of jail.

The NDA conducted a meeting of its leaders at the residence of BJP national president JP Nadda. Severa leaders of the alliance took part in the meeting.

The CBI took over the investigation of the Kolkata rape-murder case from the local police and started its probe. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee carried out a protest march in Kolkata today against the rape and murder of the woman doctor at a hospital in the city.

The ECI announced the dates for the Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, and Haryana on Friday. Jammu and Kashmir will go to Assembly Elections in three phases while Haryana will vote in a single phase.

India will celebrate its 78th Independence Day on Thursday. As the country marks this occasion, let's take a look at some lesser known facts about India's freedom movement and incidents after August 15, 1947.

Sheikh Hasina was ousted from power and Bangladesh in a massive students' protest this month. She has issued her first statement in days after fleeing her homeland.

The rider deviated from the route shown on the GPS map and took her to a secluded location. According to sources, he was involved in previous criminal cases as well.

The Resident Doctors’ Association (RDA) of AIIMS Delhi joined the FORDA in its nationwide strike on Monday and suspended all elective and non-essential services, including OPDs and patient wards.

The latest incident comes as the Kolkata rape and murder case rocked the country in which a postgraduate trainee doctor was raped and murdered while on duty in Kolkata.

Elections are set to take place in the state this year with term of the 90-member Haryana Assembly due to expire on November 3. The Congress is looking to wrest power from the BJP that has been in government since 2014.

The students chanted slogans of 'Vande Mataram" and "Bharat Mata Ki Jai" as they held the Tricolour in their hands. They walked over the World's highest railway bridge on Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi.

The Minister said that the water level of the river has reached 204.35 metre at the Old Railway Bridge and the warning level is at 204.5 metre.

An interim government was formed in Bangladesh after the fall of the Hasina-led government, and its Chief Adviser, 84-year-old Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, announced the portfolios of his 16-member council of advisors last week.

The development comes as Rahul Gandhi alleged that there is a "significant risk in the Indian stock market because the institutions that govern the stock market are compromised".

On August 7, a Dhaka court acquitted Yunus and three top officials of Grameen Telecom - Ashraful Hassan, M Shahjahan and Nurjahan Begum - in a labour law violation case. Yunus, the 84-year-old economist, on Thursday took oath as the chief adviser of the interim government.

Hundreds of students carried out a candle march in West Bengal's Kolkata on Monday as a mark of protest against the rape and murder case of a postgraduate trainee doctor in state-run RG Medical College and Hospital.

The incident comes as the UK looks to revive from the massive anti-immigrants riots in the recent days. The UK entered into a period of calm after riots broke out following a knife attack in Southport that killed three girls.