The sessions court on Monday criticised the prosecution in the Neeraj Grover murder case rejecting its theory of the existence of a love triangle by saying that the friendship between Kannada actress Maria Susairaj and Grover was only 10 days old.

The Indian rupee dropped further by 23 paise to Rs 44.70 per US dollar in early trade today on persistent demand for the American currency from banks and importers in view of dollar firmness in global markets amid weak domestic equities despite inflows from foreign funds.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday fixed the reference rate for the US dollar at Rs 44.3705 and the euro at Rs 62.9578, as against Rs 44.3263 per dollar and Rs 63.6456 per euro on last Friday.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested a top income-tax official and his chartered accountant for accepting bribe of `2.20 lakhs from a software engineer in lieu of giving a closure report

Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday appealed to Rahul Gandhi to take up the cause of farmers and fishermen of Jaitapur.

The Mumbai police on Friday slapped the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act against the eight accused allegedly involved in the murder of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey.

After dodging the police for almost five years, Umed-ul-Rehman, the Mumbai police’s most-wanted criminal, was arrested by the crime branch on Thursday from Goa.

In the third instance of workers being killed at a construction site, 10 labourers were crushed to death after a retaining wall collapsed on their temporary shelters in Kashimira on Friday afternoon.

For the first time in the history of the two countries, the Turkish Navy and the Indian Navy will be conducting a joint exercise at an advanced level. This, the top brass of both the navies say, will go a long way in enhancing ties between India and Turkey.

Veteran “Tamasha” artiste Lahu Khade passed away in Kaulapur village of Sangli district in western Maharashtra after a brief illness, family sources said on Friday.