The Haryana government has sent State DGP Shatrujeet Kapur on leave amid opposition's attack on the BJP dispensation over IPS officer Y Puran Kumar's alleged suicide, and demand by Kumar's family for action against the officers accused of harassing him.

The closure of border crossings for bilateral trade between Afghanistan and Pakistan entered a second day Monday after deadly weekend clashes between the countries spiked tensions and left hundreds of people stranded, officials said.

A murder that took place around 8 am, an attack on a President award-winning teacher, and a theft in a temple are among several crimes to have rocked Bhubaneswar on a single day on Monday.

Candidates were yet to be announced by both the ruling NDA and the opposition INDIA bloc in poll-bound Bihar on Monday, even as just four days remain for filing nominations for the first phase, and the process beginning for the second leg.

The alleged gang rape of a second-year medical student in West Bengal's Durgapur has sparked massive outrage, snowballing into a major political storm, with the survivor's father likening Bengal to "Aurangzeb's rule" and Governor C V Ananda Bose calling for a "second renaissance" to make the state safer for women.

United States President Donald Trump received an extended standing ovation from Israeli lawmakers, as he addressed Israel’s parliament, the Knesset after Hamas released the remaining 20 hostages under a Gaza ceasefire agreement on Monday.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has demanded a full investigation into the suspected suicide of a RSS worker in Kerala, who, according to her, had made sexual abuse allegations against members of the organisation in his purported suicide note.