Expressing distress over Sachin Tendulkar's coach Ramakant Achrekar not being accorded a state funeral, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut Friday asked the master blaster to boycott government programmes in future.

Senior Congress leader Ajay Maken Friday resigned as the party's Delhi unit chief citing health reasons, a few months before the Lok Sabha elections, sources said.

New Delhi: Six people were killed Thursday after an LPG cylinder blast in a building in West Delhi's Sudershan Park triggered its partial collapse, police said.

Gurdaspur: SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal Thursday demanded that former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's name should be included in cases related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

Mumbai: At least 11 people were arrested for allegedly attacking a Christian gathering in Maharashtra's Kolhapur district last month, said police Thursday.

Jaipur: International Hindu Parishad president Pravin Togadia Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "betraying" the people of country by making tall promises but failing to fulfil them.

Thiruvananthapuram: With media personnel being attacked at various districts during the 12 hour hartal by saffron outfits against entry of two women in their 40s into Sabarimala temple,the Kerala Union of Working Journalists Thursday decided to boycott BJP and Sabarimala Karma Samithi.

Meerut (UP): Uttar Pradesh BJP leader Vineet Agarwal Sharda has said Lord Hanuman belonged to the Vaishya community, weeks after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath termed the Hindu deity a Dalit.