Less than two per cent of the electorate turned out to cast their votes on Monday in 83 wards of urban local bodies in Kashmir in the first two hours of polling for the first of the four-phased elections in the valley amidst stringent security arrangements.

Interpol announced Sunday that it had accepted the resignation of its president, Meng Hongwei, who disappeared in China in late September. The international police organization's statement came shortly after China revealed that Meng was under investigation for unspecified crimes.

The BSE Sensex fell over 150 points and the NSE Nifty dropped below the 10,300-level in early trade Monday on unabated foreign fund outflow amid weak Asian cues and the weakness in rupee.

Mobile phones, SIM cards, ganja and other banned items were seized during raids conducted at different jails of Bihar, a senior police officer said.

The rupee dropped by another 14 paise to 73.90 per dollar in early trade Monday as the US currency gained in global markets amid unabated foreign fund outflows.

A gang of around 100 suspected Sangh Parivar activists assaulted eight activists of CPM, including a woman, at Poyya in Paburi today evening.

I have no objection to any religion. However, there is a disagreement about the religions that do not have equality and do not give respect to human beings; said Siddaramaiah, former chief minister.

Rahul Gandhi had on Saturday started his 8-kilometre road show in MP’s Jabalpur district after paying obeisance to the Narmada River.