In a blow to the Shiv Sena (UBT) ahead of the Mumbai civic body elections, former Mayor Shubha Raul on Sunday joined the BJP in the presence of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis after resigning from the Uddhav Thackeray-led party.

A sarpanch from Punjab’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party was shot dead at a wedding hall, the Marigold Resort, in Amritsar.

Bangladesh’s elite force, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested the three main accused in the murder of Khokon Das (50), a pharmacy owner and bKash agent from Shariatpur, Chief Adviser’s Press Wing said on Sunday.