India on Saturday rejected a media report that said billionaire Elon Musk joined a phone conversation between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump earlier this week.

A self-styled godman from Maharashtra's Palghar district who allegedly raped a 35-year-old woman after claiming to be an incarnation of Lord Shiva has been arrested in Pune, police said on Saturday.

Two more cases have been registered against self-styled godman Ashok Kharat, police said on Saturday, adding that the Special Investigation Team which conducting a probe against him has received more than 100 complaints over phone.

The authorities in Chhattisgarh have seized 3,841 LPG cylinders from 335 locations across the state during the past more than two weeks as part of a crackdown to prevent hoarding of cooking gas, officials said.

An application for obtaining a voice sample of Rahul Gandhi was filed in an MP-MLA court here on Saturday during a hearing in a defamation case against the Congress leader over his alleged objectionable remarks against then BJP president Amit Shah in 2018.

Amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia, Iran has drawn attention for a symbolic gesture after messages reading “Thank you India” were reportedly written on missiles launched towards Israel.

Mohammed Shariq, the main accused in the 2022 Mangaluru cooker bomb blast case, filed a guilty plea that was approved by a special court for terrorism crimes in Bengaluru. A new hearing date has been scheduled by the court to formally record his plea.

Mumbai’s civic body has received 75 notarised living wills from individuals seeking passive euthanasia in the event of irreversible coma or terminal illness, following a recent court-approved case that renewed focus on end-of-life decisions.