The headmaster of a government school here was arrested on Tuesday for "inappropriately touching" girl students, police said.

An 85-year-old woman, widow of a former army man, was robbed of her jewellery and killed in this district, police said on Wednesday.

Veteran actor Sameer Khakhar, best known for his roles in TV shows such as ''Nukkad'' and ''Circus'', passed away at a hospital here on Wednesday morning due to multiple organ failure, his younger brother Ganesh Khakhar said. He was 71.

A presidential advisory commission has discussed the possibility of issuing employment authorisation cards in the early stages of Green Card application, a move if approved by the Biden administration would end the agonising wait for the Permanent Resident Card for highly skilled foreign-born workers, including Indians.

Srinagar: "What goes around comes around", National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday in response to claims of former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik that his security has been downgraded.

Mumbai: Mumbai Indians' juggernaut continued in the Women's Premier League here on Tuesday as the Harmanpreet Kaur-led team stormed to their fifth win in a row, crushing Gujarat Giants by 55 runs.

London/Delhi: Tamil author Perumal Murugan's novel Pyre' is among 13 books from across Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America to make it to the longlist of the International Booker Prize 2023, announced by the Booker Prize Foundation here on Tuesday.

Bengaluru, Mar 14: Observing that it was not prudent to pollute the environment in the name of worship, the High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday rebuked the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) for allowing construction on the Mallathahalli lake bed during the recent Shivaratri festival.