Israel ramped up its airstrikes on Monday in Gaza, where the death toll was rising rapidly, and the United States advised Israel to delay an expected ground invasion to allow more time to negotiate the release of hostages taken by Hamas militants.

A third small aid convoy from Egypt entered Gaza, where the population of 2.3 million has been running out of food, water and medicine under Israel's two-week seal. With Israel still barring entry of fuel, the UN said its distribution of aid would grind to a halt within days when it can no longer fuel its trucks.

Six persons, including a woman and a teen student, have died of heart attacks in the last one week while performing 'garba', a traditional dance which is the main feature of Navratri celebrations, in Gujarat, as per kin and the statewide 108 ambulance service.

A spirited Afghanistan team continued its giant-killing spree to literally push Pakistan on the brink of elimination with a eight-wicket victory in a World Cup game on Monday.

One of the two men injured in firing by a debt-ridden member of the Mumbai Police's Quick Response Team (QRT) has died while undergoing treatment at a Mumbai hospital, a top police official said on Monday.

The rupee dropped 4 paise to 83.16 against the US dollar on Monday due to sharp losses in local stocks and US bond yields surging to 5 per cent.

As many as 251 mobile phones worth Rs 42 lakh which were either lost, misplaced or stolen from Mumbai have been recovered from different states by the city police and 21 persons arrested, an official said on Monday.

A 20-year-old woman allegedly hacked her boyfriend to death with an axe when he was sleeping for refusing to marry her, police said on Monday.

Several students' outfits have raised their voice over a "Pathsanchalan" (march) organised by RSS volunteers on the JNU campus, seeking action against the organisers by the university administration.