A day after he met Congress president Rahul Gandhi in Wardha, BJP MLA Ashish Deshmukh Wednesday resigned from the Maharashtra Assembly, citing alleged corruption in the Rafale deal as the reason.

Actor Tanushree Dutta says she was slapped with two legal notices on Thursday - from veteran actor Nana Patekar and filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri, respectively.

A seven-month-old boy in Panipat allegedly choked to death on Wednesday as a small ball got stuck in his throat .

The deceased has been identified as Mohit, who lived with his mother Kavita at his maternal grandfather’s house in Purewal colony of the city.

The rupee collapsed to a fresh low of 73.77 against the US dollar Thursday, as global oil prices continued to rise, deepening concerns about the current account deficit and capital outflows.

WhatsApp beta on Android has been updated with two new features. Users can now ‘Swipe to reply’ on chats, and open video links without leaving the app.

India captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bat first in the opening cricket Test against West Indies here Thursday.

“Mahisha was a popular king. He was working for the welfare of his state. But the history was misinterpreted. It was just an imagination that he was a demon. If he was a demon, why Mysuru was named after him”, asked rationalist Prof K.S. Bhagawan.

The city police arrested three persons on charges of attempting to murder a youth of Gantalkatte.