New Delhi: Several opposition MPs on Monday boycotted a meeting of the parliamentary committee examining the Waqf (Amendment) Bill alleging that the panel is not functioning in accordance with rules, after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge was accused by a deposer of being involved in Waqf land scams.

Vidisha (MP): Two railway trackmen were killed after they were hit by an express train in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha district on Monday, an official said.

Mumbai: Maharashtra Government on Monday announced a complete toll waiver for light motor vehicles entering Mumbai at all five booths, with effect from October 14 midnight.

Mumba: Security agencies went into a tizzy after three international flights originating from Mumbai received bomb threats on Monday with one of them, a New York-bound Air India aircraft, getting diverted to New Delhi as travel plans of some 500 passengers went for a toss.

India issued a strong rebuttal to Canada on Monday, dismissing claims that its High Commissioner, Sanjay Kumar Verma, was a 'person of interest' in the investigation of Hardeep Singh Nijjar's death. The Ministry of External Affairs described the allegations as "preposterous imputations" and accused the Canadian government of engaging in vote-bank politics by pandering to pro-Khalistan elements.

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has criticised the Modi government's 'Make in India' initiative, labelling it a series of unfulfilled promises or 'jumlas' and asserting that it has devolved into a 'Fake in India programme.'

A 17-year-old boy, identified as Sahil and the only child of Deputy Commissioner of Police Shilwant Nandedkar, tragically took his own life by hanging himself from the ceiling fan at his home in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. The incident occurred early on Sunday morning.

The Supreme Court on Monday extended by four weeks the stay on the trial court proceedings against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor in a defamation case filed for his alleged "scorpion on Shivling" remark targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi.