Kolkata: As a section of the students appearing for the West Bengal board's class 10 examination have written a popular political slogan on their answer papers, the authorities have decided to take penal action against examinees if they replicate the same in the ongoing class 12 exam.

Ahmedabad: Those people who do not like the school education in Gujarat should collect their children's certificates and go to whichever state or country they like, instead of criticising the state where they have lived and grown up, Gujarat minister Jitu Vaghani said on Wednesday.

Kasaragod: A Congress leader has reportedly died of electrocution near Maniyat, Kanhangad here on Wednesday.

Pune: Sent into bat, Mumbai Indians scored 161 for four against Kolkata Knight Riders in their IPL match here on Wednesday.

The communal remarks by Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra in connection with the murder of Chandru, a youth from Goripalya had caused widespread outrage over social media and certain Kannada news channels. After the minister’s allegations that the youth was killed for not speaking in Urdu in a Muslim area, the Karnataka Police have now updated an official factchecked report of the case.

Mangaluru: As many as 1001 places have been notified regarding the use of loudspeakers here in the city, said Police Commissioner Shashi Kumar on Wednesday.

New Delhi: Around seven per cent children in the country are malnourished, including around two per cent in the Severe Acute Malnourished category, according to the government's Poshan tracker methodology, Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani informed Rajya Sabha Wednesday.

Aurangabad: AIMIM leader Imtiaz Jaleel on Wednesday asked why NCP chief Sharad Pawar did not show "urgency" to discuss with Prime Minister Narendra Modi the issue of his party minister Nawab Malik's arrest while immediately raising the issue of central agencies' action against Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut.