World Bank on Tuesday scaled down India's growth forecast to 6.1 percent for the current fiscal from 7 percent projected six months ago.

Infosys Ltd forecast full-year sales growth that missed analyst expectations by a margin of up to 50 percent, dimming investor hopes that India's No.2 software services firm will soon start reaping the benefits of its strategic revamp.

The Transport Department of Punjab has launched e-governance project across all 22 districts of the state, said Transport Minister Ajit Singh Kohar on Wednesday.

A day after Delhi recorded its hottest day in May in the last 10 years, the mercury is expected to rise further on Friday, the India Meteorological Department said.

The Group of Ministers headed by Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday discussed ways to give greater autonomy and more financial powers to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

The cyclonic storm 'Mahasen' on Thursday hit Bangladesh's southern Patuakhali coast with wind speed up to 90 kilometers.

The cyclonic storm 'Mahasen' is likely to intensify further and cross Bangladesh coast near Chittagong on Thursday night, with the local Met department forecasting rain or thundershower at many places in Odisha.

There was no respite from the heat in Delhi on Wednesday with the minimum temperature settling four notches above average at 30.3 degrees Celsius, the hottest morning of the season so far.

Over 90 people, including 20 children, were killed after a monstrous tornado ripped through the US city of Oklahoma, flattening entire neighbourhoods, crushing two elementary schools and turning the area into a war-zone.

Almost entire part of northern India including national capital Delhi is witnessing change in weather. The continuous decline in the morning and evening temperatures is signaling at chilly winter this year. The falling mercury has also increased the risk of acid rain in Delhi. Sky of the national capital is covered by smog which has seriously concerned the residents of Delhi.