Normal life was crippled across West Bengal on Monday owing to a complete lockdown enforced across the state, even as thousands were arrested for flouting shutdown norms, officials said. A total of 2,752 people were held in the state, including 609 in the metropolis, for violating lockdown rules, not wearing masks and spitting in public places, police said.
Former President Pranab Mukherjee who was hospitalised for 21 days, died in the national capital on Monday. Scores of foreign countries and leaders from across the world have paid tribute to the former President, who passed away at the age of 84.
The Himachal Pradesh Police has approached the Income Tax Department here to ascertain property of the chairman of a Solan-based private university in connection with an alleged fake degree scam, officials said on Monday.
At least 4 persons were killed and 4 others injured when a speeding car rammed into an eatery in south Mumbai on Monday night, police said. A Maruti Esteem car suddenly rammed into the Janata Cafe near Crawford Market at around 9 p.m. The deceased have been identified as Nahim and three women - Saroja, Zuneda and one unidentified.
An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 was reported in Manipur in the wee hours of Tuesday. According to the National Centre for Seismology, the earthquake tremors were felt 55 km east of Ukhrul at 2:39 am. 
Former president Pranab Mukherjee, statesman, scholar and one of India’s most respected leaders across the political spectrum, died on Monday evening following a 21-day battle with multiple ailments. He was 84. Mukherjee, who was admitted to the Army’s Research and Referral Hospital on August 10 and was operated for removal of a clot in the brain the same day, is survived by two sons and a daughter.
The All Assam Students'' Union (AASU) and the Assam Public Works (APW) on Monday urged the Supreme Court for re-examination of the states final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), which they alleged was "not prepared" according to the top courts directives.Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
