New Delhi: Some of the frontline Indian chess players, including GM Sankalp Gupta, went through a torrid time while participating in the recent Sunway International chess tournament at Sitges, Spain, as they lost several valuables after break-ins at their apartments.

Thrissur: A local BJP leader and his accomplice were arrested on Tuesday by Kerala police following seizure of over 14,000 bottles of illicit foreign liquor and over 2,400 litres of spirit stored in a hidden room inside a godown of his chicken farm here.

Bengaluru: Hours after BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal alleged former Karnataka CM Yediyurappa of misusing 40,000 crore rupees in the pandemic period during his tenure, CM Siddaramaiah taking to Twitter on Tuesday urged Yatnal to hand over documents pertaining to the allegation to Justice Nagamohan Das Committee, which was formed to probe 40% bribery allegations against the previous BJP government.

Bengaluru: Karnataka on Tuesday reported 74 fresh cases of Covid-19 and two coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours. This takes the total number of active cases in the state to 464, a Health bulletin said.

Centurion: India laboured to 208 for eight when bad light and rain halted the final session's play on the first day of the opening Test against South Africa here on Tuesday.

A video clip featuring former Bihar Director General of Police (DGP) Gupteshwar Pandey has gone viral on social media, where he can be seen urging viewers to avoid insulting Brahmins.

Mumbai: A threat mail sent to the Reserve Bank here about 11 bomb blasts in Mumbai on Tuesday sent police into a tizzy, but no suspicious object was found at these locations, including the RBI central office building and two other banks.

Bengaluru: A 22-year-old fabricator, Dilkhush, has been arrested by the Begur Police in Bengaluru for allegedly killing his colleague, Gulfam, on the pretext of facing excessive work pressure.