After traversing a total 150 kilometres since it commenced on September 7 from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu, the Bharat Jodo Yatra would be taking a “well-earned rest” in the Kollam district of Kerala on Thursday.

The office of Jilian Consultants India Pvt Ltd, in a mall off Gurugram’s prime MG Road bore a sombre look on Monday morning. Two policemen from Gurugram Police stood guard outside it, even as news trickled in that its director Dortse Luo was arrested by Bihar Police and Serious Frauds Investigation Office (SFIO) investigators from Gaya in Bihar for allegedly running a scam which involved a network of shell companies effectively owned by Chinese companies and multiple loan apps built to defraud and harass people who sought to avail instant online loans.

The two sisters were found hanging from a tree in Nighasan police station limits of Lakhimpur Kheri district. Their mother said the girls had been abducted by three young men.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers who clashed with the police in Kolkata and Howrah during an agitation on Tuesday were armed with bombs and guns, chief minister Mamata Banerjee alleged on Wednesday, as cops rounded up 20 people, including some who assaulted officers and set squad vehicles on fire.

India’s wholesale price inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), fell for the third consecutive month in August, according to data released by the ministry of commerce and industry, reiterating the view that inflation may have peaked in the country — despite the reversal of the trend in retail inflation, which saw a marginal increase in August

Eight of 11 Congress lawmakers in Goa joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday, marking the latest in a raft of defections from the party at a time it is in the middle of a 3,700 km-long foot march to revive its flagging electoral fortunes.

India and France on Wednesday agreed to enhance their cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, including through trilateral partnerships with Australia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in areas such as maritime security, trade and climate action.

The government released both retail and wholesale inflation numbers for the month of August this week

Begusarai firing: Seven policemen in Bihar’s Begusarai were suspended on Wednesday for lapse in duty after one person was killed in a mass shooting on Tuesday evening, police said.