Bhubaneswar: The policeman accused of killing Odisha minister Naba Kishore Das is not mentally ill, a court in Jharsuguda district said, quoting a report of the medical board that examined him.

Davangere: The embattled BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa, who is facing corruption charges after Rs 8.23 crore was seized from his house and office said on Tuesday that he got the money from sale of arecanut (supari).

India has told the UN Security Council that violence perpetrated by terrorists against women and girls remains rampant and should be strongly condemned while calling for the adoption of a zero-tolerance approach to all forms of terrorism.

Dhaka: At least 14 people were killed and over 100 others injured on Tuesday in a powerful explosion at a seven-storey building here in Bangladesh's capital, police said.

Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Vipul Patel will on Friday move a resolution in the Assembly seeking "strong action" against the "concocted" findings shown in a BBC documentary, which he alleged "once again attempts to blame the then state government" for the 2002 post-Godhra riots.

New Delhi: Swiggy's egg ad billboard for Holi has been taken down after a section of people expressed "outrage" on social media.

Etawah (UP): Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav on Tuesday expressed apprehension that the police would kill one of the sons of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed in a fake encounter in the coming days in connection with the Umesh Pal murder case.

Shimla: A car ploughed into a group of migrant labourers in Himachal Pradesh's Solan district on Tuesday, killing five and injuring four, police said.