Mangaluru: Condemning the central government's dictatorship on CBI, Mangaluru South Block Congress Committee staged a protest in front of the DC office here on Friday.  

A US-based editor of a leading media house has accused former Union minister M J Akbar of raping her in India 23 years ago, saying the "brilliant journalist" used his position as the editor-in-chief of a newspaper to prey on her, an allegation denied by his lawyer.

 Justices Hemant Gupta, R Subhash Reddy, M R Shah and Ajay Rastogi were Friday sworn in as judges of the Supreme Court, taking its strength to 28.

Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, his role in pre and post-independent India is the most significant among all. He always remained close to Gandhiji and involved himself in the freedom struggle. He was a great support to the first prime minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. He was the first deputy PM of India and the home minister.

Bengaluru: The BJP has appealed the Central Election Commission to postpone the by-elections to the Ramanagara Assembly constituency which was scheduled to held on November 3.

The Tamil Nadu government Friday said people would be allowed to burst firecrackers between 6 am and 7 am and 7 pm and 8 pm on Diwali, in line with the Supreme Court directive.

Three members of a family were among five persons shot dead by suspected ULFA (Independent) while two others were injured at Kheroni in Assam's Tinsukia district Thursday night, police said.

President Donald Trump has suggested that the military could fire on the caravan that is heading towards the United States if people throw stones at the soldiers.