The Election Commission of India (ECI) has strongly criticised “some persons” for spreading misinformation about the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise that was carried out in Bihar to clean up the electoral rolls.

Three persons were killed when a tanker exploded while being heated to empty asphalt from the vehicle at a plant near Vadodara in Gujarat on Sunday evening, police said.

A 7-year-old boy was found dead after falling into a deep uncovered fire safety tank in a housing complex in Assam’s Dibrugarh today.