A woman has been killed in a Los Angeles grocery store siege in which a gunman held multiple people hostage, police said on Saturday. The suspect has been taken into custody and an investigation is underway, Efe news agency reported.

In a shocking allegation of police brutality, a 22-year-old man from Chennai has alleged that a traffic police officer beat him up for not producing his original vehicle registration certificate(RC).

Three militants, involved in killing of a police constable on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir, were killed on Sunday in a gunfight in Kulgam district, police said.

 Esha Vittala Swamiji of Kemaru Mutt and Rajashekarananda Swamiji of Vajradehi mutt on Saturday met SP Lakshman Nimbargi and urged for impartial investigation into the suspicious death of Lakshmivara Theertha Swamiji of Shiroor Mutt.

With serious crimes being reported from parks and narrow lanes in national capital, the Delhi Police on Saturday came up with bicycle patrols for quick and effective surveillance of these and other congested areas.

According to police, the initiative was taken as a number of serious crimes such as rape, molestation and murder occurred in different parks and markets, and officials felt that bicycles could be most optimum mode of transport for spots which PCR vans and bikes cannot access easily.

 The Congress on Saturday accused the BJP of transforming the country into a land of lynchings and is also trying to "lynch" the Supreme Court's judgment that highlighted the need for a strict law.

Following heavy rain that has been lashing the region for the last few days, landsliding was occurred at a hillock near national highway 48 near Mannagundi of Nelyadi on Saturday and affected the traffic movement.

SP Lakshman Nimbargi said that investigation was being conducted in all directions on the suspicious death of Lakshmivara Tirtha Swamiji of Shiroor Mutt and many were being interrogated related to the case.