MEERUT - A massive fire gutted a sports goods factory in this Uttar Pradesh city, destroying equipment worth lakhs of rupees, police said Saturday. No casualties were reported.

MUZAFFARNAGAR - Depressed over strained relations with his wife who had killed herself earlier, a man poisoned his four minor children before attempting suicide here Friday, police said.

NEW DELHI - A 32-year-old vehicle supplier was allegedly shot by his client in central Delhi after a heated argument between them over pending bills turned violent Friday afternoon, police said.

HARDOI - A court here Friday awarded the death penalty to three people for killing five members of a family in 2009, police said.

NASHIK - Nashik police Friday rescued the kidnapped father of an officer from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's security detail and also apprehended the abductors, an official said.