Tripura violence: Two scribes get bail

Agartala: Two women journalists Samriddhi Sakunia and Swarna Jha, arrested by Tripura Police over their writings on the recent communal incidents which allegedly created a “sense of hatred between communities”, were granted bail by a magistrate’s court on Monday. They have been asked to mark their attendance at Kakrabon police station of the district on Tuesday before leaving the state. PTI

India gets first food museum in Thanjavur

New Delhi: Food and Public Distribution Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday inaugurated India’s first food museum in Thanjavur. Highlighting the importance of focussing on quality and productivity in taking the farmers’ produce to the world to become a global supplier, the minister said measures were on to take the country up from being the fifth largest agricultural exporter in the world. TNS

Goa poll: Congress mulls pact with NCP

Panaji: The Congress is holding talks for a prospective alliance with the NCP, Goa Forward Party (GFP) and the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) for the Goa Assembly elections due early next year, a Congress office-bearer said on Monday. TNS

Noted historian Babasaheb Purandare dead

Pune: Noted historian and Padma Vibhushan awardee Balwant Moreshwar Purandare (99), popularly known as Babasaheb Purandare, died at a Pune hospital on Monday after a brief illness. PTI

RSS worker hacked in front of wife in Kerala

Palakkad: RSS worker Sanjith (27) was hacked to death in front of his wife in Mambaram in the district on Monday. The role of Social Democratic Party of India activists is suspected, the police said. PTI