Bhatkal: Taluka Administration on Tuesday issued prohibitory orders under section 144 in Bhatkal in the wake of the Ram Mandir Bhumi Pujan that is scheduled to take place on August 5, Wednesday.

New Delhi: Chinese mobile phone company Vivo is likely to pull out as the Indian Premier League's title sponsor for this year and is in talks with the BCCI for an "amicable separation" amid rising Sino-India diplomatic tensions.

Bengaluru: The city’s Cubbon Park Police on Monday arrested KPCC IT Cell Secretary and KR Puram Block Congress President Anand Prasad after a complaint was filed against him following his derogatory and defamatory tweet on Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath on Tuesday hosted a 'Hanuman Chalisa' recital at his residence here and announced sending 11 silver bricks for the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya, on the eve of the "bhoomi pujan" ceremony.

Hyderabad: Noting that lockdown was a temporary measure to contain the spread of coronavirus, a senior official of the World Health Organisation on Tuesday said India has a low testing rate when compared to some of the countries that are successfully trying to curb it.

 Special pujas and prayers will be performed in temples across Karnataka on Wednesday coinciding with the ground breaking ceremony for the Ram temple in Ayodhya, the state government said.

Indian scientists have suggested a method to convert the plastic used in personal protective equipment (PPE) into renewable liquid fuels, an advance that could help mitigate the problem of dumped PPE, currently being disposed of at unprecedented levels due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A 12-year-old boy, pushed into committing theft by his mother and grandmother, has been apprehended for allegedly stealing a bag containing Rs 1.2 lakh cash from a parked vehicle in south Delhi's Ambedkar Nagar area, police said on Tuesday.