A Goa-bound chartered flight from Moscow with 240 passengers on board was diverted to Uzbekistan in the wee hours of Saturday after the authorities at the Dabolim airport in the state received an email, which claimed that there was a bomb on the plane, police said.

The tussle between the agitating grapplers and the Wrestling Federation of India ended for the time being after the athletes called off their protest following assurances from the government, the first step of which was temporary sidelining under-fire WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

Muzaffarnagar (UP): Some vehicles parked near a public meeting which was attended by Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) MLA from Khatauli Madan Bhaiya and Azad Samaj Party chief Chandershekher Azad were vandalised on Friday evening, police said.

Kathua (J-K): Sanjay Raut of the Shiv Sena (UBT) and Param Vir Chakra awardee Capt (retd) Bana Singh were among those who joined Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the Bharat Jodo Yatra which began its Jammu and Kashmir leg from this border district Thursday.

Agartala: The Election Commission (EC) on Friday suspended a sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) and removed two officers in-charge (OCs) for "not taking appropriate action" during attack on a Congress bike rally in West Tripura, officials said.

Kolkata: Ten years after a criminal case was instituted against a university professor for forwarding a cartoon allegedly aimed at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Alipur Court here on Friday discharged him of the charges.

Chandigarh: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was on Friday again granted a 40-day parole, officials said.

Shahjahanpur (UP): An irate man allegedly fed a poisonous substance to neighbour's pigeons, killing 30 of them, after suspecting that he stole his cat, police said on Friday.