Kolkata: The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) on Tuesday said it has "banned" a monk who will go for atonement to the hills and seclude himself, after his comments on Swami Vivekananda and Ramakrishna Paramahansa triggered a controversy.

Bengaluru: With Karnataka government ruling out CBI probe into the brutal murder of a Jain monk in Belagavi district, Opposition BJP on Tuesday staged a protest by trooping into the well of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, accusing Siddaramaiah-led administration of not taking the case seriously.

Ghaziabad (UP): A contractual employee with the Union Finance Ministry has been arrested for allegedly possessing and passing on official secrets to a contact, police said on Tuesday.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Centre and the Manipur government to take steps to ensure the safety of citizens and public and private property in the ethnic-violence hit state, making it clear that law and order fell within the executive domain and the court cannot decide where the Army and central forces should be deployed.

Bhopal: One more African cheetah died in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park (KNP) on Tuesday, a senior forest department official said.

New Delhi: Aviation watchdog DGCA has put SpiceJet under "enhanced surveillance" amid the budget airline facing multiple financial headwinds in recent months, a senior official said on Tuesday, but the carrier refuted any such development.

Ayodhya (UP): A group of people pelted stones at the Vande Bharat Express near here on Tuesday, cracking its windowpanes as they vented their anger days after the train mowed down a herd of goats, police said.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Tuesday said a total of 308 accidents have taken place on the newly constructed Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway so far since its inaugural in March, leading to 100 deaths and 335 injuries.