A 55-year-old man and his daughter were killed, and his son was critically injured here on Monday in an explosion at an alleged illegal firecracker unit, police said.

The pet dog show remained a popular part of the Mysuru Dasara, with animal lovers enjoying the playfulness, intelligence, acts of mischief and affection too displayed by various breeds of dogs during the show organized at the JK Maidan on Sunday.

A protest against an 'I Love Muhammad' graffiti painted on the road in Maharashtra's Ahilyanagar turned violent on Monday, prompting police to baton-charge a stone pelting mob, officials said.

The death toll from the stampede at actor-politician Vijay’s campaign rally in Karur rose to 41 on Monday, with officials confirming the death of a 65-year-old woman, Suguna, at the Karur Government Medical College Hospital.

A Dalit student at Jai Narayan Vyas University’s New Campus in Jodhpur was allegedly assaulted inside the university hostel, with an ABVP leader named among the accused. Police have registered a case under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday warned against spreading rumours in the social media on the distressing stampede incident in Karur.

Kerala Assembly on Monday unanimously passed a resolution against the Election Commission of India (ECI)'s move to carry out the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters' list in the state and urged the poll body to conduct the revision of voters' list in a transparent manner.

The body of a journalist missing since September 18 was recovered from a lake in Uttarkashi district on Sunday.