Members of the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad forcibly entered a government primary school in Nagla Purva village of Sambhal district and objected to a framed Quranic verse displayed above the gate of a classroom . Their objection led to the suspension of two teachers pending an inquiry.
A Kodagu-based businessman, who is said to have been depressed that his money was not returned by the borrower, allegedly committed suicide in Wayanad, Kerala, by setting himself on fire inside a car recently.
A 68-year-old woman was killed on spot and a motorcycle rider was left seriously injured after the two-wheeler reportedly hit the woman near the Vitla Bus Stand on Sunday morning.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday accused Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi of visiting Pakistan clandestinely in 2013 without informing the authorities, and it is suspected that he had undergone “some kind of training there”.
A 30-year-old female elephant died after being electrocuted upon coming into contact with a galvanised iron wire fence on Saturday. The fence was erected around a maize farm at Doddaharave village in Mysuru district, forest officials said.
Three people, including a father and son, were killed on the spot on Saturday evening after a speeding Audi car hit their motorcycle on a highway in Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh, police said.
Airport operations returned to normalcy here on Sunday after a few flights, including an international service, were diverted to nearby airports due to fog-triggered low visibility, officials said.
Kolkata Metro Railway services in the Blue Line, the stretch between Dakshineswar and Birji, was disrupted for around 50 minutes on Sunday after a passenger jumped before a train at Rabindra Sarobar station, a spokesperson said.
The mercury will remain below normal in parts of West Bengal over the next three days, and thereafter, rise by about two notches, the IMD said on Sunday.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday claimed the BJP was forced to choose a Marathi mayor for Mumbai due to the overwhelming support of Marathi people to his party and the MNS in the BMC polls.
