A 55-year old passenger has landed in trouble in Kerala after he allegedly claimed that there was a bomb in the baggage of another passenger at the Cochin International Airport here while waiting for the security procedure to board a flight.
The incident was reported on Thursday, police said.

After more than three decades since the outbreak of militancy, the Shia community on Thursday took out a Muharram procession on a traditional route in Srinagar passing through the Lal Chowk area, with hundreds of people participating in it amid tight security.

Singapore conducted its first execution of a woman in 19 years on Friday and its second hanging this week for drug trafficking despite calls for the city-state to cease capital punishment for drug-related crimes.

Explosives planted in a taxi detonated in a Damascus suburb near a Shiite Muslim shrine Thursday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens a day before the solemn holy day of Ashura, state media reported, citing the interior ministry.

An FIR has been registered against a man for torturing and killing an infant monkey in the Faizganj Baheta area of this Uttar Pradesh district, police said on Thursday.

Chikamagalur: In Coffenadu, the monsoon arrived later than usual this year, but the past month has been marred by severe calamities caused by heavy rainfall. A staggering 97 houses in the district have been completely destroyed, and tragically, three lives have been lost. Additionally, the torrential rains have wreaked havoc on the region's crops, with 61.73 hectares of horticultural crops and 5815 hectares of agricultural crops suffering damage due to the combination of heavy rainfall and inadequate precipitation.

Bridgetown: India beat West Indies by five wickets in the first ODI to go 1-0 up in the three-match series here on Thursday.

Patna: A political activist in Bihar on Thursday put up a poster announcing his resignation from "all posts in the BJP" in protest against the ethnic strife in Manipur.