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A property dealer, on his way to vote, was shot dead Thursday allegedly over a land dispute in Ghaziabad's Kazipura village following which his younger brother and five others were charged, police said.

Two people were injured after a part of a foot overbridge collapsed in Navi Mumbai's Vashi this evening. They were rushed to a nearby hospital and are out of danger.

A man was arrested for allegedly hacking his alcoholic son to death in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar, police said on Thursday.

A helicopter hovered just a few metres above the imposing headquarters of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as commandos came slithering down a line much to the amazement of onlookers in Mumbai on Thursday.

The BJP does not feel a threat from the grand alliance as it has done enough developmental work in the area to seek the support of voters, sitting BJP MP and former army chief VK Singh said today.

Top stars from the Telugu film industry - Allu Arjun, Chiranjeevi, Ram Charan Tej, Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Jr, famous as Junior NTR and film director SS Rajamouli came out to vote today in Hyderabad.

As summer sets in, Delhi woke up to a warm morning today with the minimum temperature settling at 23 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season's average. The temperature will soar to touch 40 degrees Celsius mark, triggering heat wave, the official said.

Jyoti Amge, the world's shortest woman who made a guest appearance in reality TV show Big Boss in 2012, today posted a photo of herself on her Facebook profile, showing an inked finger. "I request everyone to vote. Please vote first and then go to complete everything else," Ms Amge told reporters outside a polling booth in Nagpur.

Three agents of a finance company were arrested for allegedly trying to extort money from a businessman after being unable to pay their loans from Dwarka area, police said Wednesday.

The Delhi Police has arrested four persons for allegedly making illegal online transactions after getting ATM card credentials of people, police said Wednesday.

A man was arrested Wednesday from Sagarpur area for allegedly cheating investors on the pretext of giving high returns against their money, police said.

Four youngsters, including a woman were arrested for allegedly kidnapping and assaulting their employer oven severance payment for terminating their service, police said on Wednesday.

A day ahead of commencement of polling in the nation, the Narcotics Squad (NS) of Delhi Police arrested a bootlegger carrying illicit liquor in his car near Tigri Mod, MB Road in Delhi on Wednesday.

A fire has broken out in the plastic surgery ward of the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital in Central Delhi, an officer from the Delhi Fire Service said.

A woman has accused a staffer of Rashtrapati Bhavan of raping her. In her complaint, the woman alleged that the man promised to marry her and then backtracked, Deputy Commissioner of Police Madhur Verma said.