At least 26 Naxals were killed on Saturday in an encounter with the Maharashtra Police in Gadchiroli district, said State's Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil.
An idol of Goddess Annapurna, stolen from Varanasi nearly 100 years ago and found in Canada, is set to return to its rightful place and will grace the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi.
Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh has inaugurated the first operationalised private sector defence manufacturing facility in Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor (UPDIC) in Lucknow.