The Karnataka government has constituted the fifth State Finance Commission, which has been tasked with coming out with recommendations on the division and allocation of resources after reviewing the financial position of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and Panchayat Raj institutions.
A petrol pump attendant was robbed of about Rs 10,000 at gunpoint in west Delhi's Mundka area by six people who came on two motorbikes, police said on Thursday.
Bijender Shah, the taxi driver from Bihar who was dragged to death under the wheels of his own vehicle while resisting a robbery bid, was the sole breadwinner of the family and wanted to see his daughter become a civil servant.
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking to declare the site of the Shahi Idgah Mosque in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district as Krishna Janambhoomi or the birthplace of Lord Krishna.
The Goa police have arrested three persons for allegedly betting on the India-Afghanistan cricket match of the ongoing World Cup, police said on Thursday.
The Supreme Court on Thursday extended by three months the interim bail of former Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik in a money laundering case.
A major fire broke out in a factory in the Peeragarhi area of the city in the early hours of Thursday, officials said.
Former BJP MLAs M P Kumaraswamy and Ramappa Lamani met Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah at his official residence, Cauvery, here on Wednesday and expressed their wish to join the Congress.
Four policemen found guilty of contempt of court for publicly flogging some minority community members in Kheda district on Wednesday requested the Gujarat High Court that they be directed to pay compensation rather than being given punishment, which they argued would affect their careers.
A fire broke out in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a private hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Indore city following which five patients were evacuated safely from there, an official said on Thursday.
