Fake Indian currency notes (FICN) of Rs 5-lakh face value was seized and one person arrested by the city police from central Kolkata on Monday, police said.

Of the 224 Karnataka MLAs, 203 have the highest average annual income of Rs 111.4 lakh, followed by Maharashtra's 256 MLAs (Rs 43.4 lakh), according to an analysis of the affidavits of 3,145 legislators.

There was a rare moment of levity on Monday amid tense ongoing negotiations for a leadership alternative to ailing Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, when a BJP leader, after meeting party's General Secretary (organisation) Ram Lal, said: "If choosing an alternative CM is so difficult, we should just appoint his Principal Secretary P. Krishnamurthy to the post. After all, he's virtually calling the shots in administration without uttering a word for months now."

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday said politicians joining the Congress from other parties will not be fielded in elections while those who have remained with the Congress will.

Domestic fuel prices continued to scale new heights on Monday, with the price of petrol nearing the psychological Rs 90 a litre-mark in Mumbai with the fuel selling at Rs 89.44 under the dynamic pricing regime.

 The Special Investigation Team of Karnataka has taken former corporator of Shiv Sena of Maharashtra, Shrikant Pangarkar into its custody for 12 days in related to the Gauri Lankesh murder case.

BJP President Amit Shah was seeking votes in Rajasthan in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he has lost faith in Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, Congress leader Ashok Gehlot said on Monday.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said that the IL&FS' board and its stakeholders will deal with the debt crisis facing the company.