Amid protests over rising fuel prices in the country, Karnataka Chief Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy on Monday said the petroleum products should be brought under Goods and Services Tax (GST), adding his government would think over reducing cess on diesel and petrol.

The post-mortem report of a nun whose body was found inside a well at a convent near Kollam has identified the cause of death as drowning.

The Bombay high court on Monday dismissed the appeals challenging the discharge of several Gujarat and Rajasthan senior police officers, including DG Vanzara, as accused parties in the allegedly fake encounters of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, his wife and an aide.

In his first media interview since the accusations surfaced, Mehul Choksi, who is in Antigua and Barbuda, said he was confident that the government of his new country would “protect its citizen” in accordance with the law of the land.

A critically ill two-year-old girl died on Monday on her way to a hospital as Bharat Bandh supporters blocked roads in Bihar's Jehanabad town.

The troop reduction is likely to be achieved through revamping different verticals including directorates at the army HQs, logistics units, communications establishments, repair facilities and other administrative and support areas.

Bharat Bandh: Parbhani District Petrol Dealers Association (PDPDA) President Sanjay Deshmukh said that while petrol was nearly touching the psychological barrier of Rs. 90 per litre, (Rs. 89.97), diesel prices stood at Rs.77.92 on Monday.

A court here on Monday convicted a third accused in the 2007 Hyderabad twin bomb blasts which had claimed 42 lives while the other two convicts are likely to be sentenced later in the day.