Eminent academician, singer and lyricist Birendranath Datta died on Monday at a hospital here following a prolonged illness, his family said.

Stickers with the picture of Israel flag have been found pasted on roads in some parts of Maharashtra's Pune city following which the police have registered four FIRs against a number of people, officials said on Monday.

A militant has been arrested and more than 1,200 cartridges and 68 lathode explosives have been seized from his possession, police said on Monday.

Pakistan won the toss and opted to bat against Afghanistan in their World Cup match here on Monday.

The effects of prolonged screen use during childhood have been extensively studied in recent years.

Indian dog breed Rampur hound, Himalayan mountain canines Himachali shepherd, Gaddi and Bakharwal and the Tibetan mastiff are likely to be deployed soon for police duties like sniffing out suspects, narcotics and explosives, besides patrolling risk-prone areas, officials said.

 A man allegedly stabbed to death a 29-year-old welder in Maharashtra's Thane city after the latter refused to give him money to buy liquor, an official said on Monday.

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has slammed the BJP for revoking the suspension of its Telangana MLA T Raja Singh, against whom the party had initiated action last year for his alleged derogatory comments on prophet Mohammed.