Maria Golovnina, Islamabad-based bureau chief of Reuters for Pakistan and Afghanistan, was found dead in her office-cum-residence in the capital’s F-8 sector, police sources said Monday....
Moroccan security services have arrested three people in Casablanca and Oujda who were attempting to join the IS terrorist organization in Libya, the interior ministry said in a statement....
The bodies of four young men, allegedly lynched while indulging in sabotage to enforce an opposition-sponsored indefinite closure, were recovered here Monday amid the political turmoil that has gripped Bangladesh since January. ...
The Delhi Police Monday confirmed it had arrested another person in the case relating to the leak of petroleum ministry documents which, an officer said, has helped in bust ing another espionage racket....

Ahead of the budget session, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi took "leave of absence" to reflect on a series of electoral defeats and deliberate on the future course of the 125-year-old party, top sources said here Monday. ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the government would try that all important issues are discussed in the budget session of parliament that began Monday. ...
President Pranab Mukherjee Monday expressed concern over the declining child sex ratio in the country, saying the trend has to be reversed. ...

Disgruntled veteran CPI-M leader V.S.Achuthanandan has expressed his inability to participate in the ongoing party meet here Monday in the light of allegations levelled against him of being an anti-party person. ...
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is likely to meet anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare who Monday launched a two-day protest against the land ordinance passed by the NDA government....
President Pranab Mukherjee Monday said Digital India programme would prepare the country for technology-based transformation. ...