India

Security forces kill 29 Maoist rebels in ChhattisgarhSecurity forces reportedly killed at least 29 suspected Maoist rebels during a gun battle in a forest in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday.

Porter Cornelius Mawa carrying Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) as he crosses a suspension bridge to reach a remote polling station in Shillong, Meghalaya, on Wednesday.

The city of Raebareli in northern India has for most of the last 75 years been the political fiefdom of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty that dominates the once-powerful Congress party and provided three of the nation’s prime ministers.

A Jain husband and wife from Gujarat have donated their immense wealth (nearly Rs200 crore/$32 million) and embraced monkhood.