The Union Cabinet on Tuesday gave its nod to a bill to merge the three municipal corporations in Delhi, a move that is likely to escalate the ongoing political tussle between the BJP and the AAP ahead of the high-stakes civic polls.

A group of villagers in Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh assaulted the driver of a pick-up van carrying animal bones and two cow vigilantes whom them mistook as his associates, accusing them of being involved in illegal bovine trade, police said on Monday.

An associate professor of cardiology, who was working on contractual basis at Delhi government-run Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital, has been "terminated" from service after the death of three patients with heart blockage earlier this month, officials said.

Additional Director General of Police (Internal Security) and former Bengaluru Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao visited the Thumbay Medicity and Gulf Medical University in UAE.

Days after meeting Ghulam Nabi Azad, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday met some more leaders of the G-23 grouping including Anand Sharma and Manish Tewari at her residence and held discussions on resolving internal party issues.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday resigned as the member of Lok Sabha from Azamgarh constituency, deciding to retain the Karhal assembly seat he won in the recently held Uttar Pradesh polls.

Eight persons died in the early hours of Tuesday after their houses caught fire at Rampurhat in Birbhum district, police said.

 During the 102nd Annual Convocation event of the Mysuru University held at Crawford Hall on Tuesday, Governor and Chancellor Thaawar Chand Gehlot inaugurated the event and later presented the honorary doctorate to Scientist Dr. V. K. Atri and Late Actor Puneeth Rajkumar.