Thiruvananthapuram: One of the two women who entered the Sabarimala temple earlier this month and became the first to defy the temple's ban on women of menstrual age is in hospital after being hit allegedly by her mother-in-law, says a report.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday said it would hear after four weeks a plea by Zakia Jafri challenging the clean chit by the SIT to then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi in connection with the 2002 Godhra riots.

Allahabad: At the break of dawn, chants of 'Har Har Gange' reached its crescendo as lakhs of devotees, ascetics and religious leaders of various orders congregated at the Sangam here on Tuesday for a ritual dip, marking the beginning of the Kumbh Mela.

Mumbai: In perhaps the biggest such online heist, a Mumbai-based Italian firm lost Rs 130 crore to suspected hackers who allegedly convinced its local managers that the money was needed for an acquisition, police said Monday.

Kolkata: Former chief economic advisor Kaushik Basu on Monday said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) could "slightly" reduce interest rate to boost growth.

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court Monday ordered that three accused in the Gauri Lankesh murder case be shifted from a Bengaluru jail to Mumbai's Arthur Road prison to enable them to file affidavits and defend a petition by the Maharashtra ATS seeking their custody in an arms haul case.

Phulbani/Bhubaneswar: A baby delivered by a 14-year-old girl at a state-run tribal residential school's hostel in Odisha's Kandhamal district died at a hospital where she was admitted along with her teenaged mother, officials said Monday.

Lucknow: In fresh alliance trouble for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, Omprakash Rajbhar's SBSP on Monday threatened to break its alliance with the saffron party and join the opposition coalition if its demand of sub-quota in the existing OBC reservation was not met.