Bhola Mahto has stopped eating ever since he heard that former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam had passed away and vowed that he would fast till Thursday when the departed leader would be laid to rest....
Reclusive, one-eyed Taliban leader Mullah Omar is dead, an Afghan official said. The Taliban promptly denied it....
One person was killed and many were injured on Wednesday in a communal clash in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur district, police said....

Curtains came down on the legal battle of 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts convict Yakub Memon as the Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed his petition that sought a stay on his execution slated for July 30....
Four troopers and four civilians were injured in a grenade explosion on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district, police said. ...
China is building the world's largest radio telescope whose dish size will be equivalent to 30 football fields. ...
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to ACB chief M.K. Meena on the Arvind Kejriwal government's plea seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against him. ...
There has been a three-fold increase in drug abuse in Kerala after the closure of bars in the state, Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said on Wednesday....
Death row convict Yakub Memon has filed a plea with the president seeking commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment, official sources said on Wednesday....
Thousands of people gathered here on Wednesday awaiting the body of former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, emotions running high that a humble boy from this coastal town who rose to great heights had passed away....