Mumbai: Benchmark BSE Sensex soared by 1,200 points while NSE Nifty closed above the 25,000 mark for the first time in seven months on Thursday following across-the-board buying triggered by expectations of potential trade deal between India and the US.

New York: Indian-origin techie Vishnu Irigireddy was among the three persons killed in a tragic climbing accident in Washington state's North Cascades Range of western North America.

Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), May 15 (PTI): Rolo, a two-year-old female sniffer dog of the CRPF, was the only casualty suffered by the security forces during their biggest anti-Naxal operation at the Korgotalu hills as the four-legged soldier was attacked and stung around 200 times by a swarm of bees.

Forest minister Eshwar Khandre will hand over relocation cheques to 57 residents of Talewadi village in Belagavi on May 17, under the voluntary relocation programme.

Three men accused of consumption and sale of narcotics (MDMA) were arrested by Bantwal Town Police, who also confiscated things worth lakhs of rupees from the trio.

A man in Bhopalgad village of Kamalnagar taluk, identified as Ankush (35), allegedly murdered his wife Nirmala (32) on Wednesday morning, with the suspicion that she was having an extramarital relationship.

In an incident from near the Thekkatte fish market in the taluk, a debt-ridden man, Madhava Devadiga (55), and his son Prasad (22) who reportedly tried to rescue him died of drowning in a well on Thursday morning.

Former US President Donald Trump has claimed that he urged Apple CEO Tim Cook not to expand the tech giant’s manufacturing operations in India. Speaking at a business event in Doha, Trump said he had a conversation with Cook where he expressed displeasure over Apple’s reported plans to increase production in India.