The Supreme Court on Monday refused an urgent hearing of a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the practice of polygamy and nikah halala (a requirement for a divorced couple to remarry) among the Muslim community.

A village organisation head was arrested on Monday while a JD-U leader and two others were detained a day after a RTI activist and his friend were shot dead by unidentified assailants in Bihar's Jamui district, police said.

NABARD on Monday said it has sanctioned Rs 735.53 crore in the first quarter of the current fiscal under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) for West Bengal for facilitating the execution of 86 projects.

Chikkamagaluru: Unscientific construction caused a massive water-logging after the heavy rainfall at Chikkadevanuru railway underpass resulting inconvenience to commuters near Sakharayapattana on Chikkamagaluru-Banavar state highway.

An SFI member was stabbed to death while two others were injured when two student groups got into a late night brawl over graffiti space on the walls of the Maharaja's College here, police said on Monday.

The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the appointment of Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) K.V. Chaudhary and Vigilance Commissioner (VC) T.M. Bhasin as it rejected a plea challenging their appointments.

Interpol has issued a red corner notice (RCN) against fugitive diamond jeweller Nirav Modi after the CBI requested this in connection with the Rs 13,500 crore fraud on Punjab National Bank (PNB), officials said here on Monday.

The police have arrested four men who were allegedly selling cannabis near Urwa Marigudi in the city on Sunday.

The arrested have been identified as Mahesh alias Macha (24), a resident of CPC Compound near Modern Rice Mill; Ritesh alias Ritu (20), a resident of Bokkapatna Road; Sudarshan M (24), a resident of Urwa Longlane area. Ashok Nagar PK compound’s Ritesh (21).