A day after Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party chief K Annamalai held the ruling DMK party responsible for the ongoing stir over alleged attacks on migrant labourers in the State, the police have booked him on charges of inciting violence and promoting enmity between groups.
Four workers were seriously injured after a newly installed boiler exploded in the Nandi Cooperative Sugar Factory on Saturday night in Babaleshwar town of Vijayapur district, the police said.
"The gang was running a fake currency racket and were trying to bring in fake currencies from Ludhiana to spend it on liquor shops here in Indore," the police said.
The police on Saturday detained the Sarpanches (village heads) who were protesting at the Chandigarh-Panchkula border, over their demands regarding the government's e-tendering policy.
A 14-year-old girl allegedly died by suicide allegedly after a private school refused to let her sit for an exam due to non-payment of fees in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, the police said on Saturday.
According to the police, Congress leader and High Court lawyer Koustuv Bagchi (32) was arrested on the charges of 120B/153/ 354A/ 504/505/506/509 of the Indian Penal Code, registered in Burtolla Police Station.
Several Congress leaders, led by former chief minister Siddaramaiah, were detained by the police during a protest march against the Karnataka government on Saturday.
Police said on Friday that a PCR call was received on February 28 at the Neb Sarai police station stating that a seven-year-old boy was burnt by a cigarette. Based on the child's statement, the police registered a case of physical assault.