In contravention of guidelines, the city corporations of Ballari, Tumakuru and Vijayapura have "diverted" Rs 108.75 crore of funds, meant for the 'Chief Minister's Nagarothana scheme', towards other projects, the Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) has said.

Former MLA and ex-administrator of Murugha Math, S K Basavarajan, who is in custody under charges of criminal conspiracy against the math's pontiff Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, has been granted conditional bail by the Karnataka High Court.

The Supreme Court is organising a hackathon to encourage innovative ideas and explore practical propositions for bringing in efficiency in the existing processes- from "filing to listing".

Passengers will soon be compensated for any involuntary downgrade of their tickets for a particular class by an airline, with aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) preparing to put in place new norms.

The CBI has filed an FIR against Corporate Power Limited and its directors for alleged bank fraud of Rs 4,000 crore, officials said.

At least one police officer was killed and six others injured on Friday in a suicide attack in Pakistan's federal capital, security officials said.

Charles Sobhraj, a Frenchman of Indian and Vietnamese parentage, was on Friday released from a Nepalese prison on the apex court's order after serving 19 years in jail on murder charges.

A large group of residents of Angel Valley village in Kottayam district of Kerala on Friday pulled out a forest department signboard and smeared it with black paint in front of the forest range office in the area a day after the LDF government published the eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) maps and buffer zone report on its official website.