RJD leader shot dead in Bihar

Unidentified gunmen shot dead Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Laxmikant Yadav on Saturday night in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district, IANS reports from Patna.

Yadav was the Bhagalpur district president of the state’s main opposition. “No arrest has been made in this connection,” a police source said. RJD supporters held a protest by blocking a road and demanded immediate arrest of the killers.

Ship with 25 Indians missing

A Panamanian cargo vessel with 25 Indian crew members, four from Mumbai, has been missing since Monday in the Black Sea, PTI reports from Mumbai.

The ship was carrying steel billets in bundles from Russia to Bartin Port in Turkey when it lost all contact with the tracking centres on February 18.

Turkish authorities are carrying out search operation for the vessel.