India

Tributes have been pouring in from home and abroad to pay respects to the country's "missile man" whose life inspires countless Indians.

Maharashtra's Food and Drugs Administration on Wednesday argued in the Bombay High Court that Nestle India had burnt several tonnes of Maggi after the state's ban order was imposed on this food snack.

Dismissing suggestions that caste census report was not released to "hide truth", government on Tuesday said more than 8.19 crore errors were detected in the data of which 1.45 crore faults continue to exist.

The apex court upheld the death warrant against Memon and said it is correct, and the dismissal of his curative petition by three senior-most SC judges is in accordance with the law.

Karnataka, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Goa and Andhra Pradesh are in the forefront of generating awareness about the Swachh Bharat Mission in urban areas.

When she demitted the office of the President, she was accused of carting away the gifts she received as the President of India.

Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker M Thambi Durai and MPs from Tamil Nadu paid their respects to former President A P J Abdul Kalam.

Former President A P J Abdul Kalam had thanked a security man in escort vehicle for the trouble he had taken to guard him, minutes before he died at the Indian Institute of Management here on Monday night.

Kalam, who had supervised the Pokhran-II explosions as the chief of the DRDO, camping in the Thar desert for over a fortnight.

Of all the roles that he played in his life, from being a scientist, a President, an author, the missile man, the one that he held the dearest was that of a teacher.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and several other leaders condoled the death of former President A P J Abdul Kalam.

Madhya Pradesh Governor Ram Naresh Yadav and CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan expressed their profound grief over the death of former President A P J Abdul Kalam on Monday.

Pratibha Patil speaks on APJ Abdul Kalam's demise. Former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam died in Shillong on Monday after he collapsed during a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management in the Meghalaya capital.

Delhi High Court on Monday said that Red FM was allowed to participate in stage three of FM auction as it has been operating since 2002.

A half-burnt body of an owner of a rubber factory was recovered from inside the factory at Satgachi area of Dumdum in the northern fringes of the city, police said on Monday.