Padma Shri Professor Qazi Abdussattar, a noted Urdu writer and former head of Aligarh Muslim University's Urdu department, passed away Monday in Delhi following protracted illness.

The foundation stone was laid for the construction of Shepherd International Academy under Hikma Educational Trust located near Arkula on NH-73 in Mangaluru.

Batting first, India posted a challenging 377 for 5 against West Indies in the fourth ODI of the five-match series here on Monday.

Mangaluru CCB police raided a gambling den at Dambel in Kavoor police station limits on Monday and arrested nine persons involved in gambling.

Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reached Mangaluru today afternoon.

The Bombay High Court Monday refused to stay framing of charges by the trial court against Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit and other accused persons in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case.

An Indonesian aircraft with 189 people on board crashed into the sea and sank on Monday soon after taking off from the capital, Jakarta, on a domestic flight to a tin-mining region, officials said. The country's search and rescue authorities said all the people on board were "likely" dead.

The Delhi High Court Monday ordered the CBI to maintain status quo till November 1 on proceedings against its Special Director Rakesh Asthana, who was sent on leave by the government.