Most Americans believe that efforts to redraw US House of Representatives districts to maximise partisan gains, like those under way in Texas and California, are bad for democracy, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.

A 33-year-old supporter of Tamil actor and politician Vijay died today while travelling to attend the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) mega state conference in Madurai.

A day after Chief Minister Rekha Gupta was attacked by a man during a public meeting at her residence, Delhi Police Commissioner SBK Singh has been replaced by 1992 batch officer Satish Golcha.