The practice of holding discussions cutting across party lines on issues of national and international importance is "almost finished" and there is a need to revive it, veteran BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi said Tuesday.

The second de-orbiting maneuver of Chandrayaan -2 spacecraft was successfully carried out early Wednesday, the Indian Space Research Organisation said, inching towards achieving a historic soft-landing on the lunar surface.

A Hindu Jagarana Vedike Activist and office bearer was on Tuesday late night brutally murdered during Ganesh Chaturthi festival here in Puttur.

Bengaluru: As an aftereffect of DK Shivakumar's arrest on Tuesday, incidents of violence was reported from various parts of the state, as his supporters took to streets to express their anguish over Enforcement Directorate arresting him after four days of questioning.

Mangaluru: A Konkani Singer and Music Composer Jerry passed away while performing at a Ganesh Chaturti event in Mangaluru on Tuesday.

Lucknow, Sep 3: Acting under Supreme Court's order, the Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday constituted a Special Investigation Team to probe charges levelled by a Shahjahanpur woman against former Union minister and BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand.

New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday announced a list of five candidates for ensuing bypolls to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh.

Bengaluru: The arrest of senior Congress leader D K Shivakumar by the ED came in for condemnation from opposition leaders in Karnataka on Tuesday with former chief minister Siddaramaiah and H D Kumaraswamy and accusing the BJP of using central agencies to "oppress voices of dissent".