A tragic bus accident involving Indian Umrah pilgrims occurred late Sunday night near Madinah, Saudi Arabia, according to a press release from the Consulate General of India in Jeddah.

The Telangana government on Monday decided to depute a team, led by Minorities Welfare Minister Mohammad Azharuddin, to Saudi Arabia to coordinate relief efforts following the bus accident there in which several city residents were killed.

 A case has been registered in connection with a 57-year-old woman allegedly losing about Rs 32 crore in a sophisticated 'digital arrest' scam that lasted over six months, which is perhaps the largest cyber fraud of this type in Karnataka, police said on Monday.

Hours after a special tribunal in Bangladesh sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death, India on Monday said it noted the verdict and that it will engage constructively with all stakeholders considering peace, democracy and stability in the neighbouring country.

Inspector General Bhisham Sharma, Commander of the Coast Guard (West), visited the New Mangaluru Port Trust (NMPT) headquarters in the city and reviewed the work by the NMPT.

 Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs has asked India formally on Monday to hand over its former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina immediately, stressing on the bilateral extradition treaty that required New Delhi to do so.

The Karnataka High Court has quashed the Puttur Assistant Commissioner Stelle Varghese’s order dated September 18 to extern Sowjanya Movement activist Mahesh Shetty Thimarody to Manvi taluk of Raichur district for a period of one year.