A total of 23 people have been arrested for the lynching of two youth in Assam's Karbi Anglong on Friday, while 26 more have been arrested under a crackdown launched against misuse of social media, police said on Monday.

A teenaged girl in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas committed suicide district early on Monday, allegedly after an altercation with her boyfriend on social media, police said.

In order to accelerate the administrative machinery, Housing and Urban Development Minister UT Khader on Monday held a meeting with the officials of both the departments and got information regarding the programmes.

“I was not interested to become Chief Minister. But I have agreed as the Congress leaders have forced me to become the Chief Minister”, said Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy.

As the state has received 54 per cent more rains than normal rainfall in this season, total 104 persons lost their lives in the rain-related casualties and all of them were given Rs 5 lakh compensation each, said Revenue Minister RV Deshpande.

As the Arabian Sea could be disturbed due to the movement of heavy wind from the West at a speed of 40-45 kmh, the Meteorological department has warned the fishermen of three districts in coastal Karnataka not to venture into the sea for fishing.

Back from China after attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan here and briefed him on the meet as well as his recent Southeast Asia visits.

A gang of youth has attacked a youth with lethal weapons at Melkar in Bantwala police station limits on Monday. The victim is identified as Chethan. Seriously injured Chethan was admitted to the Bantwala government hospital.