- Bulandshahr
Faisal Qadri, 81, gets state support to finish a ‘mini Taj Mahal’ in memory of his late wife.
- New Delhi
Thousands sign petition asking Amitabh Bachchan to boycott Mulayam Yadav biopic, Netaji. His comments on gangrape etc haven’t gone down well.
- International
RSS goes global with e-shakhas. Presence now in Finland, Denmark, Germany, Nigeria.
- Chennai
Some 56 years after its first release, Veerapandiya Kattabomman, biopic of the Palyakarrar chieftain played by late thespian Sivaji Ganesan (now in Cinemascope), opens to a packed house.
- Delhi
Capital is the adultery hub of India, 38,652 city denizens were on the infidelity site, Ashley Madison.
- Maharashtra
Ex-teacher Rajaram Bhapkar, 84, of Gundegaon village in Ahmednagar district, has cut through seven hills in last 57 years to make 40 km of roads.
- China
Air pollution kills 4,000 people every day in the country.
Compiled by Alka Gupta, Pavithra S. Rangan and Pragya Singh