A man was killed and two others were injured after a group of people attacked them during a ‘garba’ (ritualistic dance associated with Navratri) event in Maharashtra’s Thane district, an official said on Sunday.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday said his party leader Baba Siddique's murder should not be politicised and asserted the state government will not rest till the guilty are brought to book.

Haryana-resident Gurmail Baljit Singh, accused of being one of the shooters who killed NCP leader Baba Siddique, has a prior criminal history, including a murder case against him, police said on Sunday.

A coach of the Gita Jayanti Express train caught fire on Sunday morning in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district, an official said.

Union Minister Pralhad Joshi hit back at AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge, accusing him of mistakenly referring to the BJP as a "party of terrorists" instead of naming Congress.

In the last 30 days, six children under 10 years old have died from diphtheria in the remote villages of Deeg district, Rajasthan. Despite widespread immunisation efforts, the bacterial infection, which was thought to be almost eradicated, has resurfaced in the area.

 Two suspects arrested in connection with the murder of former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique have claimed to be members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, according to sources cited in an NDTV report.

Two speeding strucks collided on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway here on Sunday, killing three persons standing on the road and seriously injuring another, police said.