Bengaluru: KPCC Joint Secretary Chartiha Konkal, a transwoman was recently assaulted by a miscreant for not paying him Rs. 50 here in Bengaluru on February 5. She sustained critical hand injuries and had to undergo plastic surgery for treating it.

Six students of Jain University Centre for Management Studies were suspended, after a video went viral on social media, showing them enacting a skit that allegedly made offensive remarks against Dr B R Ambedkar as well as Dalits.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the issue of regulating crypto assets will be taken up at G20 meetings as a collective view has to be formed on the matter.

India's hero in the opening Test victory over Australia here, Ravindra Jadeja was on Saturday fined 25 per cent of his match fee for applying cream on the swollen index finger of his bowling hand without taking permission from the on-field umpires on the first day of the match.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday took a swipe over the Animal Welfare Board of India withdrawing its appeal to celebrate February 14 as 'Cow Hug Day', asking whether the government was "cow-ed" by the jokes made at its expense or was it merely "cow-ardice".

Karnataka made a record Goods and Service Tax collection of Rs 6,085 crore in January this year, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Saturday.

South African rapper Kiernan Forbes (35) was shot dead outside a popular restaurant in Durban on Friday evening.

A special investigation team will be set up to probe the murder of journalist Shashikant Warishe in Ratnagiri district earlier this week, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday.