The Uttarakhand High Court on Monday observed that mining vehicles must be fitted with GPS for data collection during a hearing on cracks to structures due to digging for soapstone (khaira) in several villages of Bageshwar district.

Rana Pratap Bairagi, a 38-year-old Hindu businessman, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Jessore district in southern Bangladesh, amid a deteriorating law and order situation.

YSRCP president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy alleged violation of democratic norms during the Mandal Parishad President by-elections in Vinjamuru and Bommanahalli mandals.