San Francisco: Twitter said Friday the account of chief executive Jack Dorsey had been "compromised" after a series of erratic and offensive messages were posted.

Tezpur: A woman in Assam's Sonitpur district allegedly committed suicide following rumours that her name was not in the updated final National Register of Citizens (NRC) published on Saturday, her family claimed. 

Guwahati: A Kargil veteran, a sitting and an ex-MLA of the AIUDF were among those whose names were excluded from the final NRC, which was released here on Saturday.

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada district Khazi Al-Haj Twaka Ahmed Musliyar of Zeenat Baksh Juma Masjid and Muhammad Haneef Haji of Edga Masjid general secretary announced beginning of new Islamic Calendar Year marking the end of Dhil Haj, the last month of the calendar.

Mumbai: Former Maharashtra ministers Suresh Jain and Gulabrao Deokar were sentenced to jail for seven years and five years respectively by a Dhule sessions court on Saturday for their involvement in the multi-crore 'Gharkul' housing scam.

New Delhi: The CBI has taken over investigation into alleged phone tapping of politicians, their relatives and bureaucrats during the previous Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka, officials said on Saturday.

Belthangadi: A bike rider died on the spot after being hit by a bus near Nidle near Dharmasthala on Saturday evening here.

Bengaluru: Senior Karnataka Congress leader Siddaramaiah has stoked a row with an objectionable remark apparently directed at the Janata Dal (Secular), his party's ally in the previous coalition government, though he later claimed that he had only used a common Kannada adage and referred to the BJP.