Piyush Pandey, legendary ad veteran and Ogilvy India leader, has passed away after a month in coma, leaving the advertising industry in mourning.

Mehul Goswami, a 39-year-old Indian-origin New Yorker, was arrested by the US authorities on charges of “grand larceny” for moonlighting as a contractor while he was working for the New York State Office of Information Technology Services.

In yet another tragic incident highlighting the growing conflict between humans and wildlife, a 25-year-old elephant was found dead of electrocution near Thondamuthur in Coimbatore district early Thursday.