Draped in ornate golden-brown robes and wearing a towering black hat, Japan's Emperor Akihito on Tuesday kicked off ceremonies for his abdication, the first in 200 years for the world's oldest monarchy.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the CBI to furnish evidence for seeking custodial interrogation of former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar, who was earlier heading the West Bengal Police SIT probing the Saradha chit fund scam case.

Bengaluru: Girls students in Karnataka like every year again outshined boys by managing pass percentage of 79.59% among them while the boys section lost the race by distance with 68.46%.

Vitla: Nizam (30), son of Okketur Umar (Luxury Monuchcha) passed away at his home in the early hours on Tuesday after suffering from heart attack, family sources informed.

The Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) on Tuesday released the results of SSLC examination that were held in March.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Home Minister M B Patil on Monday asked BJP MP Shobha Karandlaje why didn’t she write to Center when the BJP government wanted to move Aero Show to Lucknow from Karnataka. He was replying to her tweet wherein she had posted a copy of two-page complaint she submitted to Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh against Karnataka Police and M B Patil for playing vindictive politics against BJP supporters and symphatisers.

The Home Ministry has served a notice to Congress President Rahul Gandhi, asking him to clarify within a fortnight his "factual position" on a complaint questioning his citizenship status.

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has assured hoteliers that the government will give them maximum financial relief to revive the lucrative tourism industry hit by the country's worst terror attack on Easter Sunday that killed 253 people, including 40 foreigners.