Bhadravati: Three persons died, and 35 others admitted to hospital following acute gastroenteritis reportedly caused by consuming contaminated piped drinking water supplied by the gram panchayat at Maidolalu village in Bhadravati taluk.
Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP President BS Yeddyurappa said that Union Minister and BJP lawmaker from Karnataka Anantkumar Hegde has been warned not to make communally provocative remarks.
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.
