Kerala Agriculture Minister V.S. Sunil Kumar on Saturday attacked a top bureaucrat for his remarks on paddy cultivation in Alappuzha district.

Yogendra Yadav, psephologist-turned-politician, was detained in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvannamalai district today while on his way to meet farmers protesting against a proposed Rs. 10,000 crore eight-lane Salem-Chennai expressway. In tweets, Mr Yadav, 55, alleged that the police stopped him from meeting farmers, accusing the cops of manhandling.

At least 50 children fell ill on Saturday after consuming their mid-day meal at a government school in Bihar's East Champaran district, officials said.

A Hurriyet activist was shot on Saturday by unidentified gunmen in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore area, police said. The gunmen fired at Hakim-ul-Rehman Sultani from close range in Bomai area.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs 1 crore each on three public sector banks for non-compliance with its directions on "Fraud - Classification and Reporting".

 The Indore-Patna Express hit a truck at the Newada railway crossing in Amethi district late Friday, police said. The truck was mangled into pieces due to the impact of the collision though it is yet not known on how many people were there in it.

A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant was killed in a gunfight with the police in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district, authorities said on Saturday.

Alastair Cook missed a century as England threw away a decent start to huff and puff their way to 198/7 and Indian bowlers came up with a captivating Day 1 performance in the fifth Test here on Friday.