A man allegedly murdered his parents in West Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman district and hours later stabbed four people at an orphanage run by a madrasa in another district, over 120 km away, a senior police officer said on Thursday.
In a significant political development, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has reportedly urged the All India Congress Committee (AICC) to honour the internal power sharing agreement by facilitating a leadership change in the state government.
The Congress on Thursday claimed that a special session of Parliament is being considered next month to mark the 50th anniversary of the Emergency, and said this will be yet another classic exercise in "diversion and distraction" from real and more urgent issues by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Allahabad High Court Bar Association has welcomed the Centre's reported move to impeach Justice Yashwant Verma and said it will increase people's trust in the judiciary.
A South Korean navy plane carrying four people crashed during a training flight on Thursday and it was not immediately known if there were casualties, the navy said.
Bengaluru: Hundreds of BEd aspirants, many of whom are currently working as teachers in private schools across Karnataka, have alleged they were duped by a middleman who promised them admission to a BEd course.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday insisted that communal harmony must prevail and hatred must end in Dakshina Kannada district.
A teacher has been arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a 16-year-old student at a private school here, police said on Thursday.
The Assam government announced that it has approved a scheme to issue arms licences to “indigenous people” residing in areas where their population is in the minority.
Karnataka and Kerala, two states that collectively house around 40% of India’s wild elephant population, have made notable efforts in preventing human casualties from elephant attacks.