Hate speech case: A local court has rejected a UP government plea for withdrawal of a case lodged against SP leader Azam Khan for allegedly delivering a hate speech against former CM Mayawati in 2007. pti
Fire in Mumbai: A fire broke out at a building in south Mumbai this morning, fire brigade sources said. “The fire broke out on the third floor of the Exchange Building in Ballard Pier,” the sources said. pti  
Man rapes niece: A man has allegedly raped his minor niece at Tharoijam Maning Leikai village in Imphal West district of Manipur, police said today. Irom Bobo (40) raped his 12-year-old niece on Monday, they said. pti
Businessman robbed: Santosh Jha, a Noida-based trader, was robbed of his car and Rs 3,000 by three armed motorists near Bhensi bypass on the Delhi-Haridwar national highway yesterday, police sources said. pti
Kashmir whiz kid: A 13-year-old from Kashmir has invented a formula for cracking magic squares. Faizan Ali Mir’s inability to solve a mathematics problem last year led him to make the invention. pti
Minor girls drown: Three minor girls ~ Khushi (8), Sonam (6) and Nisha (5) ~ drowned in the Yamuna river at Jagosh village in Baghpat district, police said today. while playing near the river yesterday. pti
IAF chief lauds men: IAF chief Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne in New Delhi commended the air warriors who carried out rescue and relief operations in the flood-affected areas of Uttarakhand on Wednesday. SNS
SRK&’s third baby: The veil of secrecy over Shah Rukh Khan&’s third baby, born with the help of a surrogate mother, has been lifted with civic authority in Mumbai confirming the development on Wednesday, police said. PTI
Minor raped, killed: A three-year-old girl was allegedly raped and killed before her body was thrown into a jungle at Bhalukpong in West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday. pti
UP thundershowers: Moderate rain and thundershowers occurred on Wednesday in many parts of Uttar Pradesh where rivers Ganga, and Ghaghra were flowing near the danger mark. PTI
Raj official arrested: A government official has been arrested for allegedly demanding sexual favour from an executive of a private company in return of selecting her firm for work in Rajasthan on Wednesday. pti
Khurshid in S’pore: External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid will begin his first visit to Singapore on the invitation of its law ministerfrom Wednesday, the foreign ministry in Singapore said.    PTI
Man, child hacked: A man and his daughter were hacked to death allegedly over a property dispute while they were standing outside their house in Pallia area in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Wednesday.    PTI
Tender on lifeguards: Goa Tourism Dep is in the process of floating a tender to appoint private lifeguards on its beaches, after the five-year contract with a Mumbai-based firm expired.    PTI
Sikkim gets Guv: Veteran parliamentarian Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil has been appointed the new Governor of Sikkim by Pranab Mukherjee with effect from his taking the new charge, Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson said..     PTI
AP seeks fund: Arunachal Pradesh has urged the Centre to provide funds for additional 2 lakh hectares land under Integrated Watershed Management Programme for the current financial year as envisaged in the 12th Plan. PTI
Army posting: Lieutenant General Vijay Kumar Saxena took charge as the Eighth Director General of the Corps of Army Air Defence from Lieutenant General Kuldip Singh on 1 July.                 sns
Train halted: The Howrah-bound NJP-Howrah Shatabdi express was stopped by railway trackmen for nearly one hour after one of their colleagues, Kanhaiya Gore (43), was run over by the train on Wednesday morning. sns
NLC strike: Defying the Madras High Court orders, employees of Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) have launched an indefinite strike protesting the Centre’s decision to disinvest five per cent of its stake in the Navaratna PSU.       pti
Fake I-T officers: Four people posing as Income Tax officers allegedly took away Rs 2 lakh in cash and 200 grams gold ornaments from a elderly woman on Wednesday in Rajendra Nagar in Hyderabad, the police said.             pti
Cop shoots self: A police constable who had accompanied an accused to the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) at Aurangabad  for a medical checkup killed himself on Wednesday by firing at his head using his service rifle.        pti