The Supreme Court on Monday commended the Tamil Nadu government for invoking preventive detention laws to tackle cybercrime, observing that conventional criminal laws have proven ineffective in curbing such offences.

In a significant political turnaround, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday reclaimed Gujarat’s Visavadar Assembly seat in the bypolls, which were necessitated after its sitting MLA, Bhupat Bhayani, resigned and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Vote counting is underway for the by-elections held in five assembly constituencies across Punjab, West Bengal, Gujarat, and Kerala. In Kerala's Nilambur constituency, the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) has registered a decisive victory.

A "minor technical snag" was detected in an IndiGo flight from Indore to Bhubaneswar carrying 140 persons, due to which it took off about an hour late from its scheduled time on Monday, the airport officials here said.

United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate Aryadan Shoukath has taken a commanding lead in the Nilambur Assembly by-election, with a margin of over 10,000 votes as counting continues across several centres in the constituency.

A teacher has been arrested for allegedly sexually harassing 24 girl students at a government school in Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh, police sources said on Monday.

The Trinamool Congress took an early lead over its rivals as counting for the by-election to Kaliganj assembly seat in West Bengal's Nadia district was underway on Monday.

 Police have registered a case against a jeweller for allegedly cheating a gold ornaments supplier of Rs 93.5 lakh in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Monday.