The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended two pilots of a Jet Airways flight which overshot the runway at Riyadh prior to take off on August 3, an official said on Monday.

"The DGCA has suspended the licence of both the pilots involved in the runway excursion incident at Riyadh, pending investigations," said a top DGCA official on Monday.

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear the challenge to Article 35A in the absence of a judge of a three-judge bench that was hearing the case and directed the next hearing on August 27.

It also said that on its next hearing it will decide whether the matter should be referred to a five-judge Constitution Bench.

 Key equity indices - BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 -- touched fresh all-time highs on Monday, supported by healthy buying in banking, consumer durables and auto stocks.

Both the Sensex and Nifty50 hit their all-time highs of 37,801.78 points and 11,427.00 points respectively.

 A militant was arrested here with eight hand grenades intended to be used during Independence Day here and in the national capital, police said on Monday.

Irfan Hassan Wani, a militant from south Kashmir's Pulwama district, was arrested on Sunday near Convent Crossing in the city's Gandhi Nagar area.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday took a potshot at the Narendra Modi-led government over the unemployment issue after one of his cabinet ministers conceded that there is a job crunch.

"Excellent question (Nitin) Gadkariji. Every Indian is asking the same question. Where are the jobs," Gandhi tweeted attaching a news report in which the Union Road Transport and Shipping Minister questioned the rationality behind a job reservation stir when there were not enough jobs in the first place.

Two videos of former Madras High Court judge A Selvam have been going viral on social media for the last few days, for all good reasons. Clad in a T-shirt and a pair of shorts, and a towel tied around his head, the veteran judge is seen ploughing a field on a tractor with aplomb.

After his superannuation at the age of 62, A Selvam took off to his native Pulankurichi in Tiruppattur Taluk of Sivaganga district, to pursue what he always wanted to do - agriculture.

A warden of Cherlapally Jail here remained untraced after sending a suicide note and selfie video to higher authorities late on Sunday.

K. Srinivas alleged in the suicide note and video that the jail superintendent has been harassing him. The warden held him responsible for his death.