Seven Maoists and two personnel of the District Reserve Guard (DRG), a specialized unit of the state police, were killed in an encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Wednesday, officials said.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio claimed that American President Donald Trump brokered several peace deals, such as the “very dangerous ones like India and Pakistan”, and deserves “tremendous credit” for reshaping the foreign policy.

A 25-year-old man died after falling from a 50-foot bridge in the Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh while allegedly filming a reel with his mobile phone, a police official said on Wednesday.