Kerala court on Thursday refused to grant anticipatory bail to Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in a rape case.

India will pay about $2 billion to lease a nuclear-powered submarine from Russia, according to people familiar with the matter, finalising delivery of the vessel after roughly a decade of talks just as President Vladimir Putin makes a visit to Delhi.

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to consider allowing Sonali Khatun, a pregnant woman, and her child, who were pushed into Bangladesh this year, to enter India on “humanitarian grounds”.