The Sharad Pawar-led faction of the Nationalist Congress Party on Thursday claimed that the Union government was inviting film actresses to visit the new Parliament building only to gain publicity on the passage of the women's reservation bill.
The Karnataka High Court has declined to quash the defamation complaint brought against IPS officer D Roopa by IAS Officer Rohini Sindhuri, who accused Roopa of disseminating defamatory content against her.
Pakistan's accountability watchdog has decided in principle to revive corruption charges against prominent political figures, including ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif and former president Asif Ali Zardari after the Supreme Court scrapped the recent amendments to anti-graft laws.
The Supreme Court has expressed its intention to address the issue of curbing stray dog attacks in the country based on merits and to issue comprehensive guidelines rather than interim directions.
The Indian football team rode on a late Sunil Chhetri strike to beat Bangladesh by a solitary goal and stay alive for a place in the knockouts of the Asian Games here on Thursday.
In the backdrop of the Supreme court’s order to release Kaveri water to Tamil Nadu, the members of the Sugarcane Growers Association launched a protest in the city condemning the order. The protest which escalated led to the blockade of the highway near Somwarpet and leading to several detentions.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said the watershed moment of India landing a spacecraft on the Moon was the culmination of the efforts put in by all governments over the past six decades, starting from the days of Jawaharlal Nehru.
In an incident reported from the Morarji Desai Residential School in H Gollahalli near Bidadi, Ramanagar taluk, a 12-year-old boy lost his life, while another sustained severe injuries when the walls of a water tank in the hostel area collapsed.
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday asked the Bengaluru municipal corporation o transfer Rs 55.65 crore dues of beggary cess collected from tax payers to the Central Relief Committee within four months.
The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday ruled out any talks over the Cauvery issue and said the Supreme Court's verdict on the issue holds good and is the decisive factor.
