Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday hit out at the BJP MPs from Karnataka for not raising their voice against the injustice to the state in tax devolution.

In the last 30 days, six children under 10 years old have died from diphtheria in the remote villages of Deeg district, Rajasthan. Despite widespread immunisation efforts, the bacterial infection, which was thought to be almost eradicated, has resurfaced in the area.

 Two suspects arrested in connection with the murder of former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique have claimed to be members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, according to sources cited in an NDTV report.

Two speeding strucks collided on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway here on Sunday, killing three persons standing on the road and seriously injuring another, police said.

The demand for grant of “official language” status to Bhojpuri, arguably the most widely spoken dialect in Bihar, has intensified with the opposition Mahagathbandhan strongly coming out in support of it in the state.

A team from the Special Cell of the Delhi Police is set to be dispatched to Mumbai to assist in the investigation of the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique, police sources said on Sunday.

 The death of former Delhi University professor G N Saibaba was partly a result of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, which allows accused to be kept in prison for lengthy periods, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said.

 The hunger strike by junior doctors of West Bengal to press for their demands following the RG Kar hospital incident entered the ninth day on Sunday, when people are holding a "symblic fast" at various parts of the state to express solidarity with the agitators.