Kerala saw a heated political showdown on Monday as state ministers led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan took to the streets with a Satyagraha, accusing the BJP-led Centre of squeezing the state financially.

 A 56-year-old farmer allegedly consumed poison after he failed to obtain the token required to sell paddy at the minimum support price (MSP) in Chhattisgarh's Korba district, officials said on Monday.

A special POCSO court in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district on Monday sentenced a man to 20 years rigorous imprisonment for raping a four-year-old girl.

 Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Smriti Mandhana won the toss and opted to bowl against UP Warriorz in their Women's Premier League match here on Monday.

Signalling an intent to rebuild strained ties, President Donald Trump's new ambassador to Delhi said on Monday that no country is as essential as India to the United States, and asserted that both sides are actively engaged to firm up a trade deal.

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Karnataka government and the state election body to hold the long-pending polls for Bengaluru local body by June 30.

Police on Monday recovered a four-month-old baby boy stolen from a weekly market in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district within 14 hours of the incident following the arrest of the accused woman, a senior police officer said.

 Paul Thomas Anderson's ragtag revolutionary saga “One Battle After Another” took top honours at Sunday's 83rd Golden Globes in the comedy category, while Chloe Zhao's Shakespeare drama “Hamnet” pulled off an upset over “Sinners” to win best film, drama.