India's security will be in jeopardy unless the nation's political class, backed by a compliant bureaucracy, "gets its act together and vigorously desists from sacrificing the merit system and the army rules at the altar of favouritism and nepotism", a new book on civil-military relations says.

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The blistering heat wave in Odisha is likely to continue for the next four-five days, the weather office here said Saturday.

Around 100 Jammu and Kashmir government employees, staging protest demonstrations and raising various demands, were arrested here Saturday as their strike continued for the third day.

A man was killed and four others were injured critically in Bihar's Sitamarhi district early Saturday when Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) troopers opened fire on a group of villagers protesting over the alleged molestation of a woman by one of their colleagues.

 A night filled with mesmerising dance and music marked the Africa Day celebrations in the capital as artists from India and Africa took centrestage to commemorate 49 years of the continent's resurgence.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Saturday began grilling YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy for the second consecutive day in the disproportionate  assets case.

In a bizarre incident, a former employee of the state transport department stole a bus to convince his estranged wife and children that he was no longer jobless, said an official here.

Despite a bomb blast in Tinsukia district hours ahead of her scheduled visit here, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi decided to join the official  celebrations of the first anniversary of the Assam government's third consecutive term.