Mumbai: Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled on Monday after a four-day rally amid emergence of profit-taking, mainly in bank stocks.

Hyderabad: Upset over the possible appointment of Ramchander Rao as BJP’s Telangana President, the party’s firebrand MLA Raja Singh on Monday wrote to Union Minister G Kishan Reddy saying that he is resigning from the primary membership of the saffron party.

Tumakuru (Karnataka): Four members of a family, including a 13-year-old boy, have died after the car they were travelling in allegedly collided head-on with a speeding mini truck on the bypass near Kunigal in this district, police said on Monday.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday said that the party will fight tooth and nail if any word is touched in the Constitution.

Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Monday termed statements made by some leaders within the ruling Congress, indicating the Chief Minister change in the state, as personal opinion, and said one should not cross the "Lakshman Rekha" drawn by the party.

AICC General Secretary in-charge of Karnataka, Randeep Singh Surjewala, began meetings with party legislators here amid signs of "disgruntlement" and speculation about a leadership change within the ruling party.

A day after the body of a 40-year-old woman was found stuffed in a sack and dumped in a garbage truck here, her partner was arrested on Monday for allegedly killing her following a drunken altercation, police said.

The United Kingdom has decided to conduct repair and maintenance work on its grounded F-35B fighter jet at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport in Kerala. However, all operational details surrounding the aircraft’s servicing will reportedly be kept a closely guarded secret.