According to Mumbai fire brigade, the fire, which was confined to trees and dry leaves, spread across an area of about 3-4 kilometers. Although, there were no reported casualties, a heavy damage to the forest is being feared.
A mob set blaze a truck alleging that cows and buffaloes were being illegally transported in the vehicle and tried to block Jammu-Pathankot highway in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, prompting the police to use batons and fire teargas shells to disperse the violent protesters, officials said here.
No more street vending on B’luru’s main roads, as govt plans to bring new policy for street hawkers
60-year-old woman dies in wall collapse in Raichur’s Maski
Seven dead in govt bus accident in TN's Salem
K'taka bypolls: Cong aspirants file nomination, despite party not announcing candidates
Married woman stabbed to death by stalker for refusing his advances in Bengaluru
TN man drowns in quarry pit in Karnataka's Udupi
Surjewala attacks Centre on LPG cylinder crisis, asks BJP how it will face voters
West Asia conflict: Six Indians lost their lives in 'various incidents', says MEA
UP: Skeletal remains of girl missing since December found in Pilibhit canal
Over 85 hospitalised in three UP districts after eating items prepared with 'kuttu ka atta'
Fire breaks out in five-storey guest house in Gurugram, four people rescued
Bengaluru second airport: Tender floated for feasibility, strategy report, says Minister Patil
Unaccounted cash and illegal goods worth about Rs 111 crore have been seized on separate occasions so far in poll-bound Telangana, officials said Monday.
In a punitive action, the Navy has encashed a bank guarantee of the Reliance Naval Engineering Ltd in the Rs 3,000-crore contract for five offshore patrol vessels due to long delays in their supply, and said Monday that the deal is being examined.
The CBI on Monday requested a special court hearing the Sohrabuddin Shaikh alleged fake encounter case not to discard entirely the testimonies of prosecution witnesses who have turned hostile, even as the court said the CBI's theory and charge sheet are "riddled with unexplained gaps".
Reiterating its allegation of mass deletion of names of voters in Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party said on Monday it will soon start a "door-to-door" programme to urge people to ensure that their names, if deleted, are added to the voters' list.
Violence broke here on Monday over alleged illegal slaughter of cattle, leaving a police inspector and a youth dead as a mob went on a rampage here torching a police post and clashed with police, which opened fire to control the situation, officials said.
Hitting back at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath's "Nizam" barb at him, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has said India is his father's country and no one is running away.
The National Green Tribunal Monday asked the Delhi government to deposit Rs 25 crore with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for their failure to curb the problem of pollution in the city.
Launching a stinging attack against the Congress for questioning his knowledge on Hinduism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday used the dynast-worker analogy to ask the opposition party where it got its expertise on the religion.
