Jammu: Tension mounted in the border districts of Poonch and Rajouri after three men died allegedly during interrogation by the Army following the killing of five soldiers in a terrorist ambush, prompting the Jammu and Kashmir government to step in swiftly and announce compensation and jobs to the kin of these civilians.

Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP president B Y Vijayendra on Saturday appointed state-level office-bearers including 10 vice presidents as part of the revamping process.

Amaravati: Election strategist Prasanth Kishor met TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu here on Saturday. However, it was not clear what the agenda was, and it raised eyebrows among political circles in Andhra Pradesh.

Dehradun: The rat-hole miners who played a vital role in the evacuation of 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel have refused to encash the cheques of Rs 50,000 given to them recently by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.

Hazaribag (Jharkhand): A 14-year-old boy celebrating his birthday has been stabbed to death by his classmate in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district, police said on Saturday.

Hyderabad: As many as 80 PG women students of a university in Telangana were suspended for one week from hostel for allegedly pressuring their juniors ''to sing and dance'', officials said on Saturday.

Mumbai: A suspected drone attack led to an explosion and a fire on a merchant ship with 21 Indians onboard off the Gujarat coast on Saturday morning, disrupting its power supply, Coast Guard sources said.

Chennai: A passenger who reportedly smoked inside the Muscat-Chennai flight was handed over to the airport police here on Saturday, a source at the airport said.