Pune: Pune police have arrested six persons, including a local BJP functionary, after being found engaged in gambling activities here, officials said on Tuesday.

Patna: The Election Commission has made me a grandma, said Minta Devi, suppressing a laugh, on a day opposition MPs led by Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra staged a demonstration in the national capital with her name and photo printed on their shirts.

New Delhi – RJD MP Sudhakar Singh has levelled serious allegations against the Election Commission of India (ECI), claiming that lakhs of genuine voters in Bihar have been wrongfully struck off the electoral rolls under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists. Speaking to YouTube channel Red Mike after a Supreme Court hearing on Tuesday, Singh said he personally brought 17 people to the court whose names had been removed on the grounds that they were “dead” – but all were alive.

Bengaluru: Two college students here were attacked by stray dogs on Tuesday and have been hospitalised, said a city civic body official.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of a former Punjab jail officer for conspiring to help an undertrial prisoner's escape. The court upheld the Sessions Court's and the Punjab and Haryana High Court's rulings on August 11.

BANGALURU: Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre recently addressed the Legislative Council, clarifying that the state has not disbursed any ex-gratia payment to the family of a Wayanad farmer who was reportedly trampled by an elephant, according to a report published in The Hindu.

WASHINGTON: Former Pentagon official Michael Rubin has strongly condemned Pakistan Army chief General Asim Munir’s recent nuclear threat during his visit to the United States, drawing sharp comparisons to terrorist Osama bin Laden. In an interview with ANI, Rubin described Munir’s rhetoric as reminiscent of the language once used by bin Laden, stating, “Asim Munir is Osama bin Laden in a suit.”

MANGALURU: The South Western Railway (SWR) will soon be able to operate at least two additional pairs of passenger trains on the Hassan-Mangaluru railway line with the commissioning of a new crossing station at Arebetta, located between Shiribagilu and Yadakumari on the Sakleshpur-Subrahmanya Road ghat section.