A special court here on Monday sentenced former union minister P.K. Thungon to four-and-a-half years in jail in a 1998 corruption case. ...

Security was beefed up in Haryana on Monday in the wake of a terror attack in Punjab's Gurdaspur district, a police official said. ...
The terror attack in Punjab is a result of intelligence failure, Congress leader Anand Sharma said on Monday. ...
Qualcomm Incorporated has appointed Sunil Lalvani as vice president and president of its India operations, a company statement said here on Monday. ...
Reacting to a SIT report suggesting that market regulator SEBI needs to monitor participatory note misuse for money laundering, the government on Monday said it would avoid any knee-jerk decision that could hurt investor sentiment. ...

RJD chief Lalu Prasad was arrested here on Monday while demonstrating during the day-long Bihar bandh called to highlight and protest against the central government's failure to make public the caste-based census. ...
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on a petition by the Karnataka government challenging the high court verdict acquitting her and three others in a disproportionate assets case. ...
The Anti-Piracy Cell of the Kerala Police on Monday took into custody three temporary staffers of the Central Board of Film Certification over the leak of Malayalam film "Premam"....
At least five people, including two police personnel, were killed when terrorists struck at Punjab's Dinanagar town on Monday, authorities said....

Rail services were on Monday hit hard after RJD workers halted several trains to enforce a state-wide shutdown to protest against the central government's failure to make public the caste-based census. ...