Even after the death of around 36 infants, the condition at B.C. Roy Memorial Hospital for Children continued to be vulnerable on Sunday. Four more newborn deaths were reported in the span of 24-hours, taking the overall toll to 40.

A 41-year-old rich businessman’s tactics to win back his doctor girlfriend on her birthday went wayward, as he ended up in jail for allegedly molesting her.

The mystery surrounding the murder of writer Sushmita Banerjee in Afghanistan has deepened. Her family and friends in Kolkata suspect that the Taliban had nothing to do with her murder: They believe that her killing was the result of a deep-rooted conspiracy.

Ramesh Thakur (name changed) was 17 years 6 months old when he was jailed on murder charges in 2003, the Bombay high court confirmed recently. Though granted bail in 2009 after the HC directed the sessions court to conduct an inquiry and the latter found that he was a “juvenile in conflict with law”, he had already spent six years in jail.

The Bombay high court recently ruled that under the Right To Information (RTI) Act, disclosure of personal information with respect to service record, Income-Tax returns and assets of an individual is illegal — unless it is necessary in larger public interest.

As the Central government desperately plans measures to curb fuel consumption to lighten the country’s import bill and shore up the rupee, a bureaucrat in Bihar who started bicycling to and from office to conserve fuel has turned into an inspiring example of for an increasing number of government employees and common citizens.

The entire Opposition on Sunday attacked the Samajwadi government for its failure to check communal violence in Muzaffarnagar.

Samajwadi party president Mulayam Singh Yadav on Sunday convened a high-level meeting of political leaders, including chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, from his party and top government officials to discuss the situation in Muzaffarnagar.

Asserting that opposition to the Kudankulam nuclear power plant would be overcome soon, union minister in PMO V. Narayanasamy said the Centre was closely “monitoring” A few NGOs that have been fuelling the protests against KKNPP.

After Parliament gave its nod to the Land Bill, Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh credited Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for renaming the legislation to “The Right to Fair Compensation And Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013” and claimed that new law, if implemented well, would also defeat Maoist violence.