Johannesburg: South Africa leg-spinner Imran Tahir was subjected to racial abuse during the fourth One-Day International (ODI) against India here, Cricket South Africa (CSA) confirmed on Monday.
Cochin: At least four workers died and several others injured in a blast at the Cochin shipyard here.
Morbi (Gujarat): The Gujarat Assembly's newly appointed Pro Tem Speaker and veteran BJP MLA Nimaben Acharya and two others were on Monday sentenced to one-year in jail in a 2009 case pertaining to violation of the election code of conduct.
Bengaluru: The state government issued transfer orders of three IPS officers.
Kasargod: A Youth Congress leader was hacked to death by a group of unidentified men at Mattinnur here on Monday night. The assailants burst bomb at the worker and later attacked him with lethal weapons.
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council today witnessed noisy scenes over the death of a 22-year-old Dalit student in Allahabad and a report in a local Hindi newspaper over the chief minister allegedly linking "samajwad to atankwad".
New Delhi: The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource Development has backed the government’s proposal to abolish the ‘no detention policy in schools.
Shillong: The BJP on Monday sought strict action against the news portal that claimed that party leader Ram Madhav was caught red-handed by separatist NSCN with two Naga women in a hotel room in Nagaland even as the portal vanished.
Bengaluru: The Bengaluru division of the South Western Railway (SWR) on Monday launched a dedicated mobile application for purchasing unreserved tickets on mobile by commuters and passengers travelling daily or at short notice.
The firing resulted in the death of three persons.
