A year after the Doklam standoff, top defence officials of India and China have agreed on the importance of maintaining peace in the border areas while implementing the consensus reached between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping at Wuhan.

The Centre Thursday gave an oral assurance to the Delhi High Court that it will maintain status quo till November 22 in the land lease matter of Associated Journals Ltd (AJL), publisher of the National Herald newspaper.

 A junior minister quit Prime Minister Theresa May's government on Thursday over the proposed Brexit withdrawal agreement, saying it failed to leave Britain as a sovereign nation.

Bengaluru: Anita Kumaraswamy of JDS, who has been elected to the state assembly in Ramanagara by-election, will swear in at 3:30 pm on Thursday.

Siddapura (Kodagu): Several Muslim organizations staged a protest against Santosh Thammayya near Palibetta bus stand who made defamatory statements against Prophet Mohammed.

Violent scenes were witnessed in the Sri Lankan Parliament on Thursday as agitated lawmakers loyal to President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa surrounded the Speaker in his chair after the premier, who lost a floor test, demanded fresh elections to resolve the political turmoil.

 A fashion designer and her domestic help were allegedly killed by her tailor and his two accomplices in her home in south Delhi's Vasant Kunj Enclave locality following a dispute over unpaid dues, police said on Thursday.

Subramanya: Two youths drowned in the Kumaradhara River in the limits of Subrahmanaya police station, where they had gone fishing on Wednesday evening.