Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced a salary hike for government doctors in the range of Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000.

Sambhal: In a novel move to draw attention of the local administration, some residents of Sirsi town in this district have put up 'house for sale' posters at their homes, alleging encroachment on a Chamunda Devi temple by people from another community.

Mumbai: Falling for the fifth straight session on Monday, equity benchmark BSE Sensex plunged over 850 points to drop below the crucial 75,000 level, tracking a weak global market trend and unabated foreign fund outflows amid escalating trade tensions.

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party Monday alleged that B R Ambedkar and Bhagat Singh's portraits were removed from Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta's office, a charge denied by the ruling BJP.

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath slammed the opposition Samajwadi Party on Monday, saying that during its rule in the state, the chief minister did not have the time to review Kumbh arrangements and "a non-Sanatani was made its in charge".

Three youths, including two teenage twins, were killed after an unidentified truck hit their motorcycle on the Bihar-Buxar road near Sarai Manihar village in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district, police said on Monday.

The rupee dropped 4 paise to 86.72 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday amid a steep fall in the domestic equity markets and a rise in Brent crude prices.

A 25-year-old man's head was smashed with a brick in Outer North Delhi's Narela area for demanding the repayment of Rs 100 that the accused borrowed from him, police said on Monday.