A 30-year-old man was shot dead under mysterious circumstances at the house of Union minister Kaushal Kishore's son here in the early hours of Friday, police said.

Three men were detained by police on Friday, on charges of provoking their 44-year-old mother, Sumithra, to allegedly commit suicide by hanging herself at home here. The incident occurred on Thursday night in the Korambettu Colony of Lingappayya Forest Region, KS Rao Nagar.

Ahead of India's Aditya-L1 solar mission, a top scientist said the monitoring of the Sun on a 24-hour basis is a must to study solar quakes which can alter the geomagnetic fields of earth.

Nagpur University's decision to introduce "Bharatiya Janata Party" (BJP) as a topic in its MA history syllabus while removing sections related to the Communist Party of India (CPI) has stirred controversy.

Karnataka Chief Minister has criticized the system in certain temples asking devotees to take off their clothes before entering temples, calling it an act of injustice and also an inhuman practice, observed under the pretext of respecting God.

Malayalam cine-serial actor Aparna Nair was found dead at her residence in Thiruvananthapuram, police said on Friday.

Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said on Friday there are "important items" on the agenda of the Special Session of Parliament convened from September 18 to 22 and it will be circulated "very shortly".

What was known in theory has now been confirmed twice. The Chandrayaan-3 mission has authenticated the presence of sulphur on the lunar south pole region after on site tests, a historical first that could provide clues to the origins of the Moon and also have profound significance for space exploration, say scientists.