A 40-year-old man was killed, and two members of his family sustained injuries as a group of people attacked them with sharp weapons after he opposed the peddling of drugs in Bandra here, police said on Friday.

 Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the government's 'Employment Linked Incentive' scheme, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said while he creates new slogans everyday, the youth are still waiting for real opportunities, and asked if it was "just another jumla".

Senior DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Minister K Ponmudy was on Friday removed from a key party post in the wake of a row over his remarks on Shaivism and Vaishnavism that drew widespread criticism, including from DMK MP Kanimozhi.

A 54-year-old school teacher from Maharashtra’s Thane district lost Rs 66 lakh after falling prey to an online investment scam, an official said on Friday.

Police recently arrested three men, including a temple priest, in connection with the murder of a journalist, who was shot dead on the Sitapur-Delhi National Highway on March 8, officials said.

Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a key accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, will be questioned in detail by the National Investigation Agency to unravel the conspiracy behind the deadly 26/11 terror strike and his role as a planner of the attacks after a court here granted the agency his 18-day custody on early Friday.

 A massive fire broke out in a PVC (polyvinyl chloride) pipe manufacturing unit in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district in the early hours of Friday, an official said.

After Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited (HPSEB) clarified that actor-politician Kangana Ranaut has not paid bills including old dues amounting to Rs 90,384 for two months, state PWD minister Vikramaditya Singh recently alleged that she plays mischief, does not pay bills and then curses the government.