A 32-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan at her house in the eastern suburbs here, police said on Tuesday.

An Assam Civil Service (ACS) officer, arrested for allegedly possessing wealth disproportionate to her income, had amassed assets 400 times more than her known sources of income, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday. 

The Karnataka High Court has reserved its order on the interim plea seeking a stay on the state government’s new rule that caps cinema ticket prices at a maximum of Rs 200, excluding tax, across all theatres, including multiplexes. The order will be pronounced on September 23. 

The bail plea of Chinnayya, who is currently in judicial custody in connection with the Dharmasthala case, was rejected on September 16. 

Indian Ambassador Naveen Srivastava on Tuesday called on Nepal's newly-appointed Prime Minister Sushila Karki at her office in Singha Durbar here and conveyed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's congratulatory message to her.

The southwest monsoon on Tuesday withdrew from some parts of flood-ravaged Punjab and neighbouring Haryana. 

Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday called on visiting Mauritian Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam and discussed the "enduring friendship" that binds India and Mauritius. 

 Senior finance ministry official Navjot Singh, who was killed in a BMW crash near Dhaula Kuan here, was cremated on Tuesday in the presence of family members and relatives, even as police said the blood sample of the main accused, Gaganpreet, has tested negative for alcohol.