Lepcha (HP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said security forces have a big role in maintaining peace and keeping India's borders safe at a time of rising global expectations from the country, as he flew to Lepcha in Himachal Pradesh to spend his Diwali with soldiers.

New Delhi: A parliamentary committee has noted that the seven years' imprisonment prescribed in the proposed new criminal law for causing death by negligence is "high" and it should be reduced to five years.

Coonoor (Nilgiris): Six persons, including four Fire and Rescue Services personnel were injured in a leopard attack here on Sunday, Forest Department officials said.

Mumbai: The highly decomposed body of a 56-year-old man was found at the steering wheel of his truck in Kandivali in Mumbai on Sunday morning, a police official said.

New Delhi: The ban on firecrackers was violated in several areas of Delhi as people celebrated Diwali on Sunday.

Erode: As the boom of firecrackers filled the air across the country celebrating Deepavali with gusto, seven villages in Erode district of Tamil Nadu decided to mark the festival with just lights, and no sound, in a gesture considerate of the winged inhabitants of the bird sanctuary nearby.

Mumbai: The Mumbai police have arrested two persons from Ahmedabad for allegedly duping a man of Rs 38,000 on the pretext of offering him a discount on thali meal, an official said on Sunday.