Mangaluru (K'taka): Amathe Vikram took charge as the new superintendent of police of Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka on Wednesday, police said.

Lucknow: The sureties required for the release of Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan on bail have been submitted in a court here and his lawyer said he might walk out of jail on Thursday.

New Delhi: Ports-to-energy tycoon Gautam Adani has tumbled on the world's top billionaire ranking and is no longer the richest Asian or Indian.

New Delhi: Historian Ramachandra Guha has said that to "revive" healthy democracy in India in which one party does not steamroll the Opposition, a lot depends on the Congress becoming more competitive, which won't happen merely through a march but by winning votes.

Udupi: Forest Department officials in Udupi district on Wednesday said they have seized 43 kg of sandalwood and taken one person into custody for trying to smuggle it.

A National Digital Library for children and adolescents will be set up for facilitating the availability of quality books across geographies, languages, genres and levels, and device agnostic accessibility, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced Wednesday.

Nearly Rs 1,900 crore has been allocated in the Union Budget to the Union Law Ministry to buy electronic voting machines ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.