Two women lost their lives after slipping into a canal near Aanahosuru village in Lingsugur taluk on Wednesday evening, police said.
At least nine people have died and more than 150 others have been hospitalised after consuming contaminated drinking water in Indore’s Bhagirathpura area of Madhya Pradesh, with an official inquiry detecting the presence of bacteria commonly found in sewer water, officials said on Thursday.
Three persons were killed and another sustained injuries as a pickup vehicle overturned after one of its tyres burst in Hassan district on Thursday, police said.
Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre on Thursday ordered a comprehensive investigation into the death of a female leopard and her unborn cubs in the Basavanatara forest area near here, following allegations of illegal mining activity in the forest zone.
A truck driver was burnt alive after two trucks collided amid dense fog on the Agra-Etawah-Kanpur six-lane highway here, police said on Friday.
A cop from Maharashtra’s Palghar district was booked for allegedly demanding Rs 50,000 from a citizen, while an official was held in Sindhudurg while accepting a bribe of Rs 22,000, ACB said on Friday.
A businessman from Maharashtra’s Thane district was duped out of Rs 50 lakh allegedly by two persons who promised to supply cooking oil of a popular brand at reduced rates, an official said on Friday.
A Delhi court has sentenced Haryana gangster Vikas Gulia and his associate to life imprisonment under MCOCA provisions, but refused the death penalty saying the offences did not fall under the category of 'rarest of the rare cases'.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the union government over the recent hike in commercial LPG cylinder prices, calling it a "direct blow" to the common man and warning that rising fuel and tax burdens were quietly fuelling inflation and hurting livelihoods.
A 22-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death in Rajasthan’s Sriganganagar district by the brothers of a married woman after they objected to him speaking to her over the phone, police said on Thursday.