Patan: A group of people allegedly assaulted a Dalit man and chopped off his thumb after his nephew picked up a cricket ball during a match at a school playground in Gujarat's Patan district, police said.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Monday issued orders for the implementation of 'Shakti' scheme under which women can avail free travel in state-run buses with certain conditions, including reservation of 50 per cent seats for men, from June 11.

New Delhi: In a fresh setback for AAP leader Manish Sisodia, the Delhi High Court on Monday refused to grant him interim bail in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam, observing that he is facing "extremely serious" allegations and there is a possibility of "influencing the witnesses".

Kanker: A video showing a woman thrashing two children at an NGO-run adoption centre in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh has gone viral on social media, following which the district collector sought registration of a police case and also suspended the NGO from operating the facility, officials said on Monday.

A pair of sisters, aged 17 and 19 years, allegedly committed suicide by hanging themselves at home in Kalghatgi on Sunday.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vijay Goel has found himself in the middle of a controversy after an incident where he got furious and snatched a phone from a girl's hand during a meeting he was addressing in New Delhi.

A court in Varanasi on Monday awarded life sentence to gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari in the murder of a Congress leader's brother, Awadhesh Rai, more than 30 years ago.

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday staged protests against Karnataka Animal Husbandry Minister K Venkatesh's statement that if buffaloes can be slaughtered, why not cows.