New Delhi: Disney Star won the coveted IPL Indian sub-continent TV rights for a whopping Rs 23,575 crore while Viacom18 grabbed the digital rights with a bid of Rs 20,500 crore at the media rights auction on Monday.

Thiruvananthapuram: Revelations by Swapna Suresh, a key accused in a gold-smuggling case, against Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his family members and subsequent protests by the opposition seeking his resignation escalated further on Monday after two Youth Congress workers raised slogans against the Chief Minister aboard an aircraft in which he travelled to Thiruvananthapuram from Kannur, an act which CPI(M) termed as "terror activity".

Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka has held that a new charge under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act can be added to a criminal trial by the order of a Sessions Court judge.

New Delhi: The Congress on Monday alleged that the Delhi police made a "murderous attack" on its leader K C Venugopal and others during their protest march taken out in solidarity with Rahul Gandhi, with P Chidambaram and Pramod Tiwari sustaining hairline fractures in their ribs.

New Delhi: Noting that unemployment is the most burning issue in the country, BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Monday appreciated AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi for mentioning him while raising the issue in a speech.

Mangaluru: Veteran political leader from Karnataka Amasebail Gopalakrishna Kodgi died on Monday at a hospital in Manipal, family sources said.

Colombo: A top Sri Lankan official, who claimed before a parliamentary panel that Prime Minister Narendra Modi allegedly influenced President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to award a wind power project to the Adani Group in this island nation, resigned on Monday, a day after retracting his earlier statement.

Prayagraj: The demolition of the house belonging to student activist Afreen Fatima and her father Javed Mohammed by Prayagraj authorities on Sunday, 12 June, has elicited widespread public outrage and accusations of political vendetta. The demolition occurred in the wake of the violent protests that broke out in Uttar Pradesh over the remarks made by suspended Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Nupur Sharma concerning Prophet Muhammad.