As doctors of two Centre-run hospitals AIIMS and Safdarjung continued to boycott work for the third consecutive day on Saturday in protest against the NMC Bill, the Health Ministry warned them of taking punitive action like termination of their service if they do not join duty immediately.
Preliminary Post Mortem report of prominent businessman and founder of Cafe Coffee Day group VG Siddhartha revealed that he died of suffocation under water.
BJP State President and Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Saturday inaugurated the BJP membership drive in the state.
Two militants were on Saturday killed in separate encounters with security forces in Baramulla and Shopian districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
Arms licences of expelled BJP legislator Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who faces allegations of raping a minor girl and killing her two aunts, have been cancelled, officials said here Saturday.
Former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah on Saturday blamed Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala as the BJP government led by BS Yediyurappa has not formed cabinet.
Jammu and Kashmir Governor S P Malik has asked political leaders in the state to tell their supporters to maintain calm and not to believe "exaggerated rumours" being circulated in the valley.
One person was electrocuted as heavy rains battered Thane district on Saturday, disrupting normal life due to water-logging and flooding in some parts, officials said.
A 35-year-old journalist was killed when his motorcycle was hit by a car driven by an IAS officer here early Saturday, police said.
Heavy rains continued to lash Mumbai and adjoining suburbs on Saturday, leading to water- logging in several areas, which affected normal life.
