TMC MP Mahua Moitra has triggered a fresh political controversy with her remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah, accusing him of failing to check infiltration from Bangladesh and allegedly stating his "head should be cut off and put on the table."

 A sadhu has been booked for allegedly sodomising a 22-year-old youth and attempting to sexually assault a 17-year-old minor at his ashram in Rajasthan's Alwar district, police said on Friday.

The CBI has registered an FIR against a senior manager of the Airport Authority of India for allegedly siphoning off more than Rs 232 crore into his personal accounts through a complex trail of fictitious accounting entries in three years during his posting at the Dehradun airport, officials said.

BJP MP and the scion of Mysuru royal family Yaduveer Krishnadatta Wadiyar on Friday urged International Booker prize winner Banu Mushtaq to clarify her position on the Kannada language and Goddess Chamundeshwari.

A 17-year-old class 9 student of a government-run residential school gave birth to a baby boy in the school’s toilet, police said on Friday.

The city witnessed two incidents of tension related to posters of Shivaji and Savarkar put up near the site reserved for the Ganesha idol, giving rise to tension on Thursday night. Police intervention, however, alleviated the situation, bringing it back to normal by Friday morning.

In an incident reported from near Thottam here, four men who were in danger of drowning as their boat capsized while fishing, were rescued on Friday morning.

Advocate Jagadish, who is accused of making derogatory statements against Dharmasthala and sharing it on social media platforms, appeared at the Belthangady Police Station on Friday.