A man has been arrested in Mumbai for allegedly slapping his 4-year-old son repeatedly, the police said on Monday.
Azruddin Qutybuddin Shaikh, 30, was arrested after a video of him slapping his son went viral, Senior Inspector Deepak Pagare said.
"The man said he hit the child as he was constantly crying. The video was shot by his wife," he added.
Police said that the man has been charged under the Juvenile Justice Act but was released on bail.
A television journalist who had complained about threats to his life after he carried out a sting operation on illicit sand mining was on Monday mowed down by a truck, officials said.
A 30-year-old woman allegedly poisoned her two minor children before taking poison herself at Indira Complex Colony here on Monday.
The accused, Mohammed Amir Abdul Wahid Rahin, walked into Shahu Nagar police station in Mumbai and confessed to the crime.
For the first time in 20 years, at least 80 baby Olive Ridley turtles were spotted at Versova beach on Thursday morning, making their way to the sea.
A pilgrim, on his way to the cave shrine of Mata Vaishnodevi, on Friday died en route in the Trikuta hills of Reasi district, a police official said.
His parachute did not open after he jumped out of a special operations plane on a training mission from an altitude of 6,000 feet.