Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday took a potshot at the Narendra Modi-led government over the unemployment issue after one of his cabinet ministers conceded that there is a job crunch.

"Excellent question (Nitin) Gadkariji. Every Indian is asking the same question. Where are the jobs," Gandhi tweeted attaching a news report in which the Union Road Transport and Shipping Minister questioned the rationality behind a job reservation stir when there were not enough jobs in the first place.

The police have lodged a case against three persons in connection with the murder of CPM activist Abubakar Siddique of Somkalu.

The investigating team led by Kasaragod DySP MV Sukumaran has filed a case against three accused, including BJP activist Ashwath.

Two videos of former Madras High Court judge A Selvam have been going viral on social media for the last few days, for all good reasons. Clad in a T-shirt and a pair of shorts, and a towel tied around his head, the veteran judge is seen ploughing a field on a tractor with aplomb.

After his superannuation at the age of 62, A Selvam took off to his native Pulankurichi in Tiruppattur Taluk of Sivaganga district, to pursue what he always wanted to do - agriculture.

Six people have been arrested over an alleged assassination attempt on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro here, the interior minister said.

Maduro survived the assault on Saturday evening after several drones armed with explosives flew toward him while speaking at a commemoration ceremony of the 81st anniversary of the Venezuelan national guard, reports CNN.

Police in Chicago have said that 44 people were shot within 14 hours out of which five were killed, the media reported.

In three hours beginning at 1.30 a.m. on Sunday, police records show that 30 people were shot and two killed in 10 incidents, reports CNN.

Top seed Alexander Zverev of Germany has defeated 19-year-old Alex de Minaur from Australia 6-2, 6-4 to win the Washington Open.

This was Zverev's third tour-level trophy of the season and ninth overall.

Five persons have been killed after a small aircraft crashed in Santa Ana city in the US state of California, officials said.

The twin-engine aircraft on Sunday crashed near the South Coast Plaza shopping centre in Santa Ana city, according to the Orange County Fire Authority, Xinhua news agency reported.

US President Donald Trump has launched a new round of attacks against the US media, accusing them of being able to "cause war".

In a flurry of tweets on Sunday, the President continued to cast the media as the "enemy of the people," saying "They purposely cause great division & distrust. They can also cause war!"