Cinema veteran Shabana Azmi on Saturday came out in support of actor-politician Kangana Ranaut after she was allegedly slapped by a CISF woman constable, saying security officials should not take law into their hands.

The Congress' top leadership on Saturday began crucial deliberations on the Lok Sabha election results to chalk out its future strategy at a meeting of the party's working committee here.

The Congress on Saturday claimed the mandate of the Lok Sabha polls has been a "moral, political and personal" defeat for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said efforts were now being made to justify his "pathetic" electoral performance.

In a recent statement, Nara Lokesh, the general secretary of the Telugu Desam Party(TDP) and son of former Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, has reaffirmed the party's commitment to uphold the 4% reservation for Muslims among other backward classes in Andhra Pradesh.

Veteran media personality and Ramoji group chairman Ch Ramoji Rao, who revolutionised the news and entertainment industry, died at a hospital here early on Saturday.

A gas leak at a rummage (gujari) shop resulted in over 30 individuals falling ill on Friday evening near Old Kesare in Mysuru.

The Mumbai police have registered a case against more than 200 persons and apprehended 57 of them in connection with the incident of stone-pelting that occurred during the civic body's anti-encroachment drive in the city's Powai area two days ago, an official said.

More than 200 people belonging to the Meitei community have been evacuated from their villages in Manipur's Jiribam district and moved to a newly set up relief camp after violence broke out following the killing of a man allegedly by militants, officials said Saturday.