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The Mumbai Police have arrested the suspected shooter who fired gunshots at filmmaker Rohit Shetty's house and six others from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh in a multi-state operation.

Investigators have claimed that the crime was carried out by Lawrence Bishnoi gang member Shubham Lonkar with the intent to cause harm to the filmmaker and to instil fear and supremacy.

The city police's anti-extortion cell, with the help of the special task forces (STF) from the Uttar Pradesh and Haryana Police, apprehended the alleged shooter, Deepak Rameshchandra Sharma, a resident of Agra, and six others involved in the February 1 incident, on Sunday in a multi-state operation.

A Mumbai court has remanded the accused persons in police custody till February 25.

At least 175 people, most of them children, fell ill after they allegedly consumed contaminated food at a fair organised on Mahashivratri in Jharkhand’s Palamu district.

The incident was reported from Dwarka village under the Panki Police Station limits when these people became sick due to “food poisoning”, Palamu Civil Surgeon Dr Anil Kumar Shrivastav said.

Most of the patients were suffering from vomiting, diarrhoea, and abdominal pain since Sunday night, another official said.

“Altogether, 175 people were admitted to the Panki Community Health Centre (CHC), but now only 22 of them are undergoing treatment. The initial symptoms indicate food poisoning. The exact cause will only be ascertained after the investigation reports come,” Shrivastav said.

After the “Sangathan Srijan Abhiyan”, the Congress in Madhya Pradesh has now announced the launch of a “Talent Hunt Programme” to recruit a new batch of party spokespersons.

At a press conference attended by Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Jitu Patwari and Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Umang Singhar, along with other senior leaders, it was announced that the campaign would look for spokespersons, research coordinators and publicity coordinators.

The opposition party clarified that the candidates selected through the campaign will be given the opportunity to represent the Congress at the district, division, state and national levels.

Mukesh Nayak, head of the party’s media department in Madhya Pradesh, said 20 state spokespersons, several media panellists and two spokespersons each at the division and district levels will be selected through the campaign.

In addition, two national-level panellists and one dedicated English-media panellist will also be selected, he added.

Outgoing interim government chief Muhammad Yunus on Monday said his 18-month rule restored three core pillars of Bangladesh’s external engagement—“sovereignty, national interests, and dignity”—and it is no longer a “submissive” nation.

In his televised farewell address to the nation a day ahead of quitting power, Yunus said, “Today’s Bangladesh is confident, active, and responsible in protecting its independent interests. Bangladesh is no longer a country with a submissive foreign policy or dependent on the instructions and advice of other countries.”

Yunus’ interim regime began in August 2024 and is set to conclude its unscheduled term with the swearing-in of a new government led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Tuesday, which won a two-thirds majority in general elections four days ago.

Robert Duvall, the Oscar-winning actor of matchless versatility and dedication whose classic roles included the intrepid consigliere of the first two Godfather movies and the over-the-hill country music singer in Tender Mercies, has died at age 95.

Duvall died “peacefully” at his home Sunday in Middleburg, Virginia, according to an announcement from his publicist and from a statement posted on his Facebook page by his wife, Luciana Duvall.

The bald, wiry Duvall didn’t have leading man looks, but few “character actors” enjoyed such a long, rewarding and unpredictable career, in leading and supporting roles, from an itinerant preacher to Josef Stalin.

Beginning with his 1962 film debut as Boo Radley, the reclusive neighbour in To Kill a Mockingbird, Duvall created a gallery of unforgettable portrayals.

They earned him seven Academy Award nominations and the best actor prize for Tender Mercies, which came out in 1983. He also won four Golden Globes, including one for playing the philosophical cattle-drive boss in the 1989 miniseries Lonesome Dove, a role he often cited as his favourite.

In 2005, Duvall was awarded a National Medal of Arts.