Mumbai: The Shiv Sena (UBT) has demanded the dismissal of Union minister Narayan Rane from the Narendra Modi cabinet for questioning the "contribution" of Shankaracharyas to the Hindu religion.

Hazaribag (Jharkhand): Poppy plants cultivated illegally on over 100 acres of land in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district were destroyed amid tight security, a police officer said on Sunday.

Gulbadin Naib's half-century guides Afghanistan to 172 against India in 2nd T20I.

Kundapura(Kodi): Karnataka’s Minister of Law, Parliamentary affairs and Legislation, and Tourism, H.K Patil, graced the founders day and anniversary celebrations at Bearys Group of Institutions and inaugurated the newly constructed 'Kodi Bearys Knowledge Campus.'

Hyderabad: An army man died after sustaining injuries when a 'manja' string of a kite allegedly slit his throat while he was riding a two-wheeler on a flyover here, police said on Sunday.

Lucknow: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said Uttarakhand is likely to become the first state in the country to implement a Uniform Civil Code.

Baripada: A 28-year-old man died while playing cricket in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on Sunday, police said.

Muzaffarnagar (UP): Bodies of two newborn children were found in a vacant plot in the Shamli district's Jalalabad town on Sunday, police said.