Five people were apprehended for allegedly attempting to sell cocaine laced with Ephedrine in Kukatpally here, police said on Tuesday.

Chaotic scenes prevailed at a party welcome programme of new Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi on Tuesday, forcing the felicitation ceremony to be suspended for some time as organisers expressed apprehension that the wooden dais could cave in.

The government on Tuesday announced new reservation and domicile polices for the Union Territory of Ladakh, reserving 85 per cent jobs for locals and one-third of the total number of seats in the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils for women.

Beed: A recent health report has revealed alarming findings about the conditions faced by women sugarcane labourers in Maharashtra’s Beed district. According to the data, 843 women, mostly aged between 30 and 35, have undergone hysterectomy (surgical removal of the uterus), while 1,523 women were found to be pregnant during the harvesting season.

Actor Kamal Haasan on Tuesday said his recent statement at the 'Thug Life' audio launch event in connection with the evolution of Kannada language was misunderstood and that his words were taken out of context.

 Slamming actor Kamal Haasan for "speaking insensitively" about the Kannada language, veteran BJP leader B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday said that he must respectfully apologise to Kannada and Kannadigas.

District Magistrate Rajender Pensiya on Tuesday announced that sacrificial slaughter in public places will not be permitted here during Bakrid and assured strict action against anyone attempting to disturb public order.

A 28-year-old auto rickshaw driver in Gauribidanur, who allegedly cut his birthday cake with a sword at his village on Saturday, was arrested on Sunday, after a video clip of the celebration went viral on social media.