Kolkata: Gautam Gambhir was on Wednesday named the 'mentor' of Kolkata Knight Riders, an IPL franchise that he had led to title victories in 2012 and 2014.

Bengaluru: Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said he should answer as to why malnutrition is allegedly increasing in his home state of Gujarat and India.

Kalburagi: In a disturbing incident under the jurisdiction of Raghavendra Nagar (R.G. Nagar) Police Station in Kalaburagi, unidentified assailants brutally hacked to death a 64-year-old woman astrologer.

Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of the appeal filed by Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar against the sanction accorded by the previous government to the CBI to prosecute him in a disproportionate assets case, to November 29.

Uttarkashi: Inching closer to their goal, rescuers have inserted wide pipes up to 45 metres through the rubble and will have to drill another around 12 metres to reach the 41 workers trapped inside the collapsed tunnel in Silkyara for 10 days, officials said Wednesday afternoon.

Udupi: The Udupi Principal Civil and JMFC Court on Wednesday remanded in judicial custody for 14 days Praveen Chowgale, the man arrested for the murder of four members of a single family at Nejaru here.

Indian cricket star Virat Kohli has made significant progress in his quest to reclaim the top spot in the ICC ODI Player Rankings. Kohli, who delivered an outstanding performance in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup, scoring 765 runs, has moved up one place to third in the latest rankings.

Mangaluru: In a tragic incident, a teenage boy succumbed to injuries sustained in an accident, with his family accusing medical negligence as the cause of death. The deceased, identified as Moidin Farhan (17), son of Hasan Bawa, was involved in an accident in Mukka around 8 o'clock the previous day.