Hyderabad: A class 8 student of a private school died by suicide on Saturday by jumping from the school building after being "reprimanded" and "slapped" by a teacher, police said.

New Delhi: As per the revisions, Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) and Britannia Industries Ltd will be excluded from the index, according to a release from NSE Indices.

Cuddalore (Tamil Nadu): Continuing his tirade against the Centre over the National Education Policy, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday said he would not agree to implement it even if the Centre offered to provide Rs 10,000 crore in funds to the state.

Tel Aviv: Hamas freed all six hostages in the latest exchange Saturday, even as heightened tension between the adversaries clouded the future of the fragile ceasefire deal.

Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Friday rejected the anticipatory bail plea filed by BJP leader P C George in connection with a hate speech he made during a television debate recently, saying that it will give a wrong message to the society.

Beijing: A Chinese team of virologists have found a new bat coronavirus that carries the risk of animal-to-human transmission because it uses the same human receptor as the virus that causes Covid-19, a media report said.

Belagavi: Four people have been arrested for allegedly assaulting a conductor of the state-owned transport corporation bus for not replying to a passenger in Marathi, police said on Saturday.

Mahbubul Hoque, Chancellor of the University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya (USTM), was arrested by Assam Police from his residence in Ghoramara, Guwahati. The Special Task Force (STF) carried out the arrest, and Hoque has been taken to Sribhumi for questioning.