Embattled Mahinda Rajapaksa Tuesday filed an appeal in Sri Lanka's Supreme Court against a court order that barred him from acting as Prime Minister.
Six persons died and eight others injured when a jeep and a sugarcane-laden lorry collided each other near Hirenandi village in Gokak taluk in the district on the wee hours of Tuesday.
Falling from a moving train, Belagavi former MLA Sambhaji Patil’s son Sagar died at Malleshwaram railway station in the city on Tuesday.
Citizens and expatriates who are found transporting, employing, sheltering or providing cover-up to any overstaying Umrah pilgrim will be imprisoned and fined, Director of Public Relations and Information Administration at the Directorate General of Passports (Jawazat) Brig. Gen. Muhammad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saad reiterated on Sunday.
Former India opening batsman Gautam Gambhir on Tuesday announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, saying his time to continue with the game was over.
The government has rejected a long-standing demand of the armed forces for higher Military Service Pay (MSP) for over 1.12 lakh military personnel including Junior Commissioned Officers of the Army, official sources said Tuesday.
British national Christian Michel, wanted by Indian investigative agencies in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP choppers deal case, was taken to the Dubai International Airport on Tuesday to be extradited to India, according to a media report.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday slapped a fine on five states and Delhi, saying they were "not taking seriously" the matter related to implementation of the mid-day meal scheme in schools.
With the slogan 'let us regain Babri Masjid, regain India', SDPI district committee staged a protest rally from Hampankatta in the city and a dharna in front of the deputy commissioner's office here on Tuesday.
The HRD Ministry has withdrawn the Kashmiri translations of certain sentences under its "Bhasha Sangam" initiative following a row.
