Cities

Police have arrested a person in Thane for allegedly flinging his mother-in-law out of their flat window, leading to her instant death, an officer said on Tuesday.

An Indian rock python, more than 10 feet long and weighing over 10 kg, was found on a third floor flat in Gurgaon's posh DLF 5 area. A video shows a wildlife activist catching the snake and putting it into a bag.

The Crime Branch will take over the probe into the alleged sexual assault of a three-and-a-half-year-old girl in her school last week, police said Tuesday.

A man and his father-in-law were arrested by the Gautam Buddh Nagar police for allegedly kidnapping and killing a seven-year-old boy for ransom, police said on Monday.

Traffic cop Pratap Chandra Khandwal has an interesting way of making people obey traffic rules in Odisha's Bhubaneswar.

The two brothers lived next to each other's homes and fought over property issue.

Looking to further cement its position in India, South Korean tech major Samsung on Tuesday set up what is arguably the world's largest mobile experience centre in Bengaluru, barely two months after it opened its biggest mobile factory in Noida.

A former Congress MLA has been arrested for allegedly trafficking three people to the United States on the basis of forged documents while holding the public representative's post in 2004, police said today.

The parents of a three-year-old girl in Delhi have put out a video alleging that their daughter was raped at her school last week. The school, however, says that no such incident has taken place on the campus. Though a complaint has been filed, no arrests have been made.

Two men were arrested in separate incidents by customs officials at Delhi airport for allegedly trying to smuggle in gold valued at about Rs 1.5 crore, according to an official statement issued today.

The Supreme Court today issued notices to the Bihar government and the CBI on a plea challenging a Patna High Court order restraining the media from reporting on the investigation into Muzaffarpur shelter home case where several women were allegedly raped and sexually abused.

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized heroin worth Rs 10 crore, which was suspected to have been smuggled from across the Line of Control, from a residential area in Srinagar, official said today.

Services were affected on the Delhi Metro's Magenta Line for one hour this morning due to a signalling issue, according to the DMRC

Petrol prices on Tuesday breached the psychological barrier of Rs 90 and touched a scorching Rs 90.11 in Maharashtra's Parbhani - a new record in India, an official said.

The vice-chancellor and registrar of Presidency University were stopped from entering the campus Monday by agitating students, forcing the authorities to shift the venue of Tuesday's convocation.