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Goa Chief Secretary Dharmendra Sharma filed an affidavit before the Panaji Bench of the Bombay High Court, in connection with a petition seeking public disclosure of the health status of ailing Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar.

A man allegedly strangled his two daughters, aged 15 and 10, following a quarrel with his wife at Masakkalipalayam in the city, the police said today. The couple used to quarrel often, they said.

Ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha elections, a former Maharashtra minister and a former Member of Legislative Council from Nashik returned to the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), deserting the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Actress Madhuri Dixit's spokesperson has denied reports that she will contest the Lok Sabha elections from Pune, for the BJP. A report claimed that she was on the party's shortlist to contest from the seat

The team at the Jodhpur restaurant, who are who are unable to hear or speak, have their own special way of greeting the customers and providing services.

"I have not seen such a huge snake, about 19 feet long, in my life," snake rescuer Krushnachandra Gacchayat said.

Even as Sabarimala in Kerala continues to simmer over the Supreme Court verdict that allowed women of all ages to enter the Lord Ayyappa shrine, women law students have filed a plea with the Delhi High Court seeking directions to the Centre and other authorities to allow the entry of women into the sanctum sanctorum of Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia Dargah in Delhi.

Indore police arrested three members of a family on Thursday for allegedly torturing and raping a girl after telling her family that she could lead them to hidden treasure.

The customs authorities has seized over 32 kg gold worth Rs 10 crore from a truck at the Attari-Wagah border, a senior official said.

A group of unidentified men allegedly snatched and fled with an AK-47 rifle of a Railway Protection Force (RPF) jawan in Ujjain district of Madhya Pradesh, a senior police officer said Thursday.

Around 30 children were hospitalised today when they complained of headache and giddiness after receiving rubella vaccine at a local school here, officials said. The children, all aged below 12, were administered the vaccine at the Saraswati Shishu Mandir in the Kotwali police station area here, Chief Medical Officer Dr. R P Rawat said.

A man committed suicide after allegedly killing his wife in front of his son at the famous hill station of Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra, the police said on Thursday.

A board was put up at the gate of a mosque in Gujarat's Vadodara 'banning' a Muslim BJP leader from entering the holy place, police said Thursday, adding it was not clear who put it up.

The Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court adjourned for the third time the hearing of a petition seeking clarity on the health status of ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar.

The chances are very minimal that the wind will pick up the pace, thus particulate matter will continue to be trapped in the air, increasing the level of pollution in the air.