About 30 activists of the BJP's youth wing protesting the UPA-II government's corruption scandals were detained when they tried to march towards Connaught Place in central Delhi.

Three Chinese government ships entered waters around disputed islands controlled by Tokyo on Thursday, Japan's coastguard said.

A new variety of mango, harvested at Uttar Pradesh's famous mango centre Malihabad, has been named Nirbhaya after the 23-year-old Delhi girl who was brutally gang-raped on December 16 last year and died of her injuries two weeks later.

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a den of gambling, BJP leader Yashwant Sinha said on Thursday and pressed for a detailed inquiry into the spot-fixing in the tournament.

There is no "straight link" between bookie Ramesh Vyas and actor Vindoo Dara Singh, who has been arrested by Mumbai Police in the IPL spot-fixing scandal, Delhi Police said on Wednesday.

The water stock in irrigation reservoirs across Maharashtra has gone down to 17 percent and the number of villages being supplied water through tankers has risen, the state cabinet was informed on Wednesday.

Disgraced cricketer Ajit Chandila was allegedly paid at least Rs 49 lakh by bookies for spot-fixing IPL matches this season and of this, Rs 15 lakh was given for one over in a match against Sunrisers Hyderabad on May 17 but he was arrested before the game, investigators claimed on Wednesday.

Cold weather affects blood pressure, shows a study that assessed a staggering 169,000 blood pressure measurements.

The Delhi Government on Wednesday sternly told electricity distribution companies that it will not tolerate load shedding in the capital as power is available in surplus.

Gold prices climbed 1.62 percent to Rs 26,383 per ten grams in futures trade on Thursday as speculators enlarged their positions, taking strong cues from overseas markets.