A portion of a pillar of the Mumbai Metro peeled off and fell on a road below in Mulund (West) today, killing one and leaving three others critically injured, officials said.

A mine worker who was among the 31 declared dead in the devastating explosion in an illegal rat-hole coal mine in East Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya has returned home alive, days after his last rites were performed.

The Madras High Court has ordered a vigilance inquiry into allegations that a senior lawyer received Rs 50 lakh from accused persons, allegedly to be paid to a judge for securing favourable orders in a gold trade fraud case.