Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday welcomed the Tamil Nadu government's decision to appoint a committee to suggest state-specific amendments to the three new criminal laws and asserted that criminal law is a concurrent list subject which makes the state legislature competent to make amendments.
Bengaluru: Karnataka on Monday logged 197 fresh Dengue cases, and on death from Mysuru district in the past 24 hours.
Kyiv: A major Russian missile attack across Ukraine on Monday killed at least 31 people and injured 154, officials said, with one striking a large children's hospital in the capital of Kyiv, where emergency crews searched the rubble for victims.
Chandigarh: An overcrowded Haryana Roadways mini bus, mostly carrying schoolchildren, overturned near Pinjore in Panchkula district on Monday, injuring 50 passengers, officials said.
Kolkata: Indian pop icon Usha Uthup's husband Jani Chacko Uthup died in Kolkata on Monday, their family said.
Darbhanga/Saran/Begusarai: Seventeen people, including three women, have been arrested in Bihar for allegedly impersonating candidates in the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET)-2024, police said on Monday.
Mangaluru (Karnataka): The Dakshina Kannada district administration has issued a 'red alert' for Tuesday with the Met department predicting heavy rainfall.
Udupi: In an incident reported on Monday evening near Kannarpadi-Kadekar in Udupi a car was swept off a flooded road, though all three passengers miraculously escaped without injuries.
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday directed officials to cancel 'Below Poverty Line' ration cards held by those ineligible, pointing out that 80 per cent of the state's population have them.
Mumbai: The 'wagh nakh' or tiger claw shaped weapon of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj that the Maharashtra government intends to bring from a museum in London is not "original", historian Indrajit Sawant said on Monday and asserted the one used by the legendary emperor remains in the state's Satara itself.
