A woman has been killed in a Los Angeles grocery store siege in which a gunman held multiple people hostage, police said on Saturday. The suspect has been taken into custody and an investigation is underway, Efe news agency reported.

In a shocking allegation of police brutality, a 22-year-old man from Chennai has alleged that a traffic police officer beat him up for not producing his original vehicle registration certificate(RC).

Three militants, involved in killing of a police constable on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir, were killed on Sunday in a gunfight in Kulgam district, police said.

With serious crimes being reported from parks and narrow lanes in national capital, the Delhi Police on Saturday came up with bicycle patrols for quick and effective surveillance of these and other congested areas.

According to police, the initiative was taken as a number of serious crimes such as rape, molestation and murder occurred in different parks and markets, and officials felt that bicycles could be most optimum mode of transport for spots which PCR vans and bikes cannot access easily.

 The Congress on Saturday accused the BJP of transforming the country into a land of lynchings and is also trying to "lynch" the Supreme Court's judgment that highlighted the need for a strict law.

The BJP will fight the forthcoming Rajasthan assembly elections under the leadership of Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, who will retain the post as the party would come back to power with a big majority, said party President Amit Shah on Saturday.

The GST Council on Saturday approved the proposal to open migration window for taxpayers, who received provisional identification numbers but could not complete the migration process, till August 31.

The GST Council on Saturday approved a new simplified return filing process under which all taxpayers will have to file a maximum of one monthly tax return.