The Supreme Court Monday declined to permit a married woman, a mother of two, to terminate her over 26-week pregnancy as the foetus was healthy and the AIIMS medical board found no abnormality with it.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Ministers of various states were among those who wished Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on his 77th birthday, Monday.

 Odisha has made transformational progress in strengthening livelihoods and food security with a focus on marginalised communities, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on World Food Day here Monday. On the occasion, the CM pledged to reinforce sustainable and inclusive development practices, ensuring availability of nutritious and safe foods for all.

Five coaches of a diesel-electric multiple unit (DEMU) passenger train were gutted in a fire that broke out near Narayandoh station in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district Monday afternoon, but no casualties were reported, officials said.

In more trouble for the city's ruling AAP, the CBI and the ED told the Supreme Court Monday they are contemplating making the party an accused in the corruption and money laundering cases linked to the scrapped Delhi excise policy.

 ISRO Monday said it would commence unmanned flight tests for the Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission with the launch of a test vehicle between 7 am and 9 am October 21 from Sriharikota spaceport to demonstrate the performance of the crew escape system.

 Palestinians in besieged Gaza crowded into hospitals and schools Monday, seeking shelter and running low on food and water.

Daniel Noboa has managed to do what his father failed at five times: Getting elected as Ecuador's President.

US President Joe Biden will pay a solidarity visit to Israel on Wednesday following the Hamas attacks, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced, as he also said Israel and Washington had agreed to develop a plan for aid to Gaza.

The Supreme Court told the CBI and ED on Monday they cannot keep former deputy chief minister and AAP leader Manish Sisodia in jail for an "indefinite period" in the Delhi excise policy cases.

Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party has decided to make electoral debut in the northeast by contesting in the Mizoram assembly polls.

The Allahabad High Court Monday acquitted domestic help Surinder Koli and his employer Moninder Singh Pandher in the sensational 2006 Nithari serial killings in which they were facing death sentence, holding that the prosecution failed to prove the guilt “beyond reasonable doubt” and that the investigation was “botched up’.

The CBI Monday filed a charge sheet against six people and a juvenile in connection with two tribal women being paraded naked in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district in May this year.

Former Congress MLA Judhistir Samantaray passed away at a private hospital here Monday. He was 73.

With the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Monday giving its final nod, Cricket in the Twenty20 format will return to the Olympic Games for the first time since 1900 when Los Angeles hosts the mega event in 2028