Mangaluru: In another incident reported from railway tracks near Thokottu, one person died on Friday after being hit by a moving train here. This is the third similar incident reported since October.

New Delhi:  Jharkhand assembly polls will be held in five phases between November 30 and December 20, and the counting of votes will take place on December 23, the Election Commission said on Friday.

Over 20 families in Ganjam district have not been given ration supply after a panchayat body decided to stop the benefits from reaching people who were found defecating in open.

Mangaluru: The internal problems of Congress party ahead of Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) elections are in no mood to stop anytime soon. Senior local leaders of party on Friday called press conference and expressed their displeasure over reports that four former Mayors were not given party ticket in a bid to ignore supporters of former union minister Janardhan Poojary.

The Delhi High Court was informed Friday that former finance minister P Chidambaram, lodged in Tihar jail in the INX Media money laundering case, is fine and does not require hospitalisation.

Maharashtra may head for President's rule if the new government is not in place by November 7 in the state, Finance Minister and senior BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar said on Friday.

Mangaluru: Indian Coast Guard arrested 15 Iranian fishermen along with two of their boats for allegedly entering Indian waters illegally. The arrested fishermen have been handed over to Mangaluru Police for further investigations.

 IndiGo's Chennai-Kuwait flight carrying more than 160 passengers returned to Chennai airport minutes after taking off in the early hours of Friday when pilots declared a mid-air emergency following a fire alarm.