In a bid to woo the Lingayats, a dominant community in the state, ahead of the assembly elections, the Karnataka cabinet on Monday decided to grant them the status of a separate religion.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday granted bail to former Akali Dal minister Sucha Singh Langah in a rape case, days after the complainant turned hostile.
Jailed former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad was on Monday convicted by a special CBI court in the fourth fodder scam case while another ex-chief minister Jagannath Mishra was acquitted.
Ramesh Buchirajam Akkela aka Ramesh Bhai, 44, of Mumbai was arrested in Panama earlier this year and extradited to the US on Thursday.
Judge Aditi Kadam sentenced Nalawade to life imprisonment while terming his act as "inhuman", the prosecutor said.
"The newborn baby had some health problems and has been admitted to a government-run children's hospital," a police official said.