The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati and his disciple Mukundanand Brahmachari in a case registered against them under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.

A case registered earlier in Mudigere has taken a new turn, with police booking a minor boy under the POCSO Act based on a complaint filed by the girl’s family.

CPI(M) Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas criticised the Union government’s claim of having eradicated manual scavenging. He pointed to data tabled in Parliament showing that 315 people died while cleaning sewers and manholes over the past five years.

A man accused of keeping a stock of narcotics (ganja) at a public place located in Thimmapurpet Layout in town has been arrested by the police.

 The Madiwala police have arrested a man for allegedly selling red sandalwood illegally and seized 285 kg of red sanders worth Rs 7.12 lakh, officials said.

Veteran Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, who is admitted at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here, is stable and under close medical supervision, doctors said on Wednesday.

The government has mandated that cooking gas LPG supply to households will be discontinued if consumers fail to switch to piped natural gas where such connectivity is available, under a new order aimed at accelerating gas network expansion and reducing reliance on a single fuel.

 The Election Commission is examining the cause of a technical glitch that briefly showed all voters in West Bengal as "under adjudication", an official said on Wednesday.