Police have booked former chief ministers Siddaramaiah and H D Kumaraswamy along with the then Bengaluru police commissioner T Sunil Kumar, his subordinates and some Congress and JD(S) leaders on sedition charges for protesting the income tax raids during Lok Sabha polls.

In a government school in Uttar Pradesh's Chopan block one litre of milk was allegedly mixed in a bucket of water and served to 81 children as part of their midday meal, following which a teacher was suspended on Friday.

Udupi: Noted businessman and one of the founder directors of Daijiworld Media Pvt. Ltd. Victor D’Souza passed away on Friday early morning due to heart attack. He was reportedly on his way to a private hospital when he breathed his last. He was 55.

Bantwal: A Congressman and a member of Gram Panchayath was on Friday in the wee hours assaulted by a group of men at his residence with swords. The incident was reported from Meramajalu village under Bantwal Rural Police Station limits.

BJP MP Pragya Thakur on Friday tendered an apology in Lok Sabha for her remarks on Nathuram Godse. The Bhopal MP also said she was dubbed as a terrorist despite being acquitted by a court.

Civil Aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri's recent statement in Rajya Sabha that Air India will have to be closed down if not privatised is "highly damaging" and will have "massive financial implications" for the national carrier, an employees' union said on Thursday.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday indicated that he would call BJP member Pragya Thakur, who is facing opposition fire for her remarks on Nathuram Godse, to the House after the Question Hour.

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday said he would strive to take his country's relationship with India to a "very high level".