The city police arrested five Sangh Parivar activists including the BJP Yuva Morcha district president on Wednesday in connection with the case in which Sangh Parivar leaders and activists staged a dharna in the district collector's office premises and tried to break into the office and obstructed the police.

Her future is a subject of intense speculation since that final Olympic appearance in Tokyo back in 2021 but celebrated Indian woman boxer M C Mary Kom on Thursday refuted talk of retirement even though she is on the wrong side of the international cut-off age for amateur boxers.

A major fire which broke out at an industrial complex in Goregaon area of Mumbai raged for nearly 13 hours before it was doused on Thursday morning, officials said.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and state PCC president D K Shivakumar has urged party workers in the coastal districts to strengthen the Congress to regain its past glory in the region.

Amidst the ongoing tension between the ruling Left front in the state and Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, he on Thursday quickly concluded the government's policy address in the Assembly by only reading out its last paragraph.

 The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi is set to enter West Bengal from Assam on Thursday.

 Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Wednesday said the BJP is desperately trying to get back former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar into its fold ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

The Congress on Thursday criticised the Election Commission on the National Voters' Day for refusing to meet INDIA bloc leaders on its demand for greater use of VVPATs in polls, terming it as an "injustice" that strikes at the very foundations of democracy.