India's top doubles player Yuki Bhambri and his partner Goran Goransson advanced to the quarterfinals of the men's doubles event at the Indian Wells Masters after registering a straight-set win over the pair of Sander Arends and Jiri Lehecka.

Karnataka Infrastructure Development Minister M B Patil on Wednesday expressed displeasure over the Centre declaring Madurai airport as an international airport while not extending a similar status to Hubballi and Belagavi airports in Karnataka, calling the move "discriminatory and unacceptable".

Texts from Indian authors such as Tamil poet Subramania Bharati, Rajya Sabha MP Sudha Murty, Naga writer Temsula Ao, Rabindranath Tagore and Assamese novelist Mitra Phukan have found a place in the new English textbook by NCERT for class 9.

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday slammed the Uttar Pradesh government over the conditions imposed for a programme led by Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati in the state capital, accusing it of insulting Sanatan traditions.

A projectile hit a cargo ship Wednesday in the Strait of Hormuz, setting the vessel ablaze after the United States targeted Iranian minelaying vessels that could target the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf.

Delhi Police have denied allegations made by the family of a juvenile accused in the Uttam Nagar Holi killing case that the 14-year-old boy had gone missing after being taken from a hospital.

A 50-year-old man died after being hit by an unidentified vehicle while crossing the road near Kuttar on Tuesday night.

Police have registered a case following an alleged illegal blasting incident during well construction at Ramakunja village in Kadaba taluk that reportedly caused damage to a nearby house.