Breaking News Live Updates: Delhi court orders framing of charges against RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, others in land-for-jobs 'scam' case

Central Bank head Mohammad Reza Farzin resigns as the protests in Tehran spread to other cities. Police fire tear gas to disperse protesters in the capital.

A Ukrainian attack left more than half a million people without heat or power in the Russian border region of Belgorod, its governor said Friday.

"According to the results of the enemy's overnight attack on Belgorod region's utility infrastructure, as of 6:00 am today, 556,000 people in six municipalities are without power," said Vyacheslav Gladkov, adding that almost the same number were without any heating as temperatures hovered around freezing.

(reports AFP)

Centre appoints 1992-batch Uttar Pradesh cadre Indian Police Service officer (IPS) Anand Swaroop as Special Secretary (Internal Security) in the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, and 1994-batch Bihar cadre IPS officer Anupama Nilekar Chandra as Director General (Investigation) in National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).