Jaipur: A man working as a contractual employee in the state government threw his five-month-old daughter in the Indira Gandhi Canal to avoid hurdles in securing a permanent job because of three children, police said Monday.

Vyara (Gujarat): A sessions court judge in Vyara town of Gujarat's Tapi district has stressed on the need to protect cows in the country, saying "science has proved houses made of cow dung remain unaffected by nuclear radiation".

Thiruvananthapuram: An Air India Express flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Muscat, Oman returned shortly after take-off due to a technical glitch in its on-board computer system.

Bhubaneswar: South Korea stunned 2016 Olympic champions Argentina in the penalty shootout to book a quarterfinal berth, while Germany also reached the last eight stage after an easy 5-1 win over France in the FIH Men's Hockey World Cup here on Monday.

New Delhi: A Mallakhamb player, a singer suffering from bone disorder and a YouTuber were among 11 children who received Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar, 2023 by President Droupadi Murmu on Monday.

New Delhi: An unruly male passenger was offloaded from a SpiceJet plane at the Delhi airport on Monday after he allegedly touched a female cabin crew in an inappropriate manner, according to sources.

Guwahati: The Assam Cabinet on Monday decided to book men who marry girls below 14 years in the state under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

Archdiocese of Bangalore on Monday, in a press statement added that His Eminence Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle, Pro-Prefect and Dicastery for Evangelization from Vatican had arrived in Bengaluru to attend the 34th Plenary Session of the Conference of the Catholic Bishops of India.