West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that her government will challenge the Calcutta High Court order cancelling jobs of around 36,000 primary teachers in state-sponsored and aided schools.

A fire ripped through a hostel in New Zealand's capital overnight, killing at least six people and forcing others to flee the four-story building in their pajamas in what a fire chief on Tuesday called his "worst nightmare".

The Congress has claimed that the BJP is "disgraceful" when it loses elections and accused the rival party of making "mischievous attempts" to disturb social harmony, asserting that the "factories manufacturing hate are hyperactive".

In a scathing attack on his Congress party's government led by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Rajasthan minister Rajendra Singh Gudha on Monday charged that it has surpassed Karnataka's "40 per cent commission BJP government" in corruption.

An IAS officer was arrested from Gurugram in a corruption case on Monday, police said.

Eluru (Andhra Pradesh): An unlikely silly police complaint by a minor boy in Andhra Pradesh against his stepmother, for not giving him a white shirt to wear to his friend's birthday party, has ended up uncovering serious ill-treatment faced by the boy, and prompted the police to issue a warning to the woman.

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Titans defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 34 runs in their Indian Premier League match and qualified for the play-offs here on Monday.

New Delhi: Karnataka state Congress president D K Shivakumar will reach Delhi on Tuesday for discussion with the party leadership on the government formation in the state, his brother and party MP D K Suresh said.