Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot was Monday sworn in as the chief minister of Rajasthan at a ceremony here, while Sachin Pilot took oath as a cabinet minister.

 The Delhi High Court on Monday convicted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar for conspiracy to commit murder in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case and sentenced him to imprisonment for life.

Three workers died after a gas leak in an underground coal mine of South Eastern Coalfields Limited in Chhattisgarh's Korba district Sunday, police said.

A 58-year-old man allegedly killed his wife and daughter by slitting their throats and then ended his life at a village near her, police said Sunday.

A number of opposition leaders are understood to have reservations over naming any prime ministerial nominee for the opposition alliance for 2019 Lok Sabha elections, sources in the opposition camp said.

More than 40 people were injured in an explosion Sunday night at a Japanese restaurant in northern Japan, police said.

Kochi: The Kerala Police is probing the role of underworld don Ravi Pujari in an incident wherein two men allegedly fired shots at a beauty parlour run by controversial South Indian actress Leena Maria Paul here.

Green-coloured balloons with 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogan written on them were found at the site of the International Gita Festival, 2018 being held in this city of Haryana.