Mumbai: An unusual fictional romantic novel, "When the Chief Fell in Love: Kashmiriyat, Jamhooryiat, Insaniyat. Hindustaniyat," has sparked a guessing game on its underlying political message, its author Tuhin A. Sinha said here on Tuesday.
Mysuru: In a heart-rending incident, a man and his son cremated on a single pyre on Sunday. Unable to bear the loss of his son, an old man died of a massive heart attack.
Bengaluru: The Cotton police have been granted 10-day custody of two youths in connection with the murder of BJP leader and former Corporator Kadiresh.
Udupi: A bike rider killed on the spot after colliding with a bus on Monday near Malpe beach.
Bhadravati: Three persons died, and 35 others admitted to hospital following acute gastroenteritis reportedly caused by consuming contaminated piped drinking water supplied by the gram panchayat at Maidolalu village in Bhadravati taluk.
Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP President BS Yeddyurappa said that Union Minister and BJP lawmaker from Karnataka Anantkumar Hegde has been warned not to make communally provocative remarks.
Johannesburg: South Africa leg-spinner Imran Tahir was subjected to racial abuse during the fourth One-Day International (ODI) against India here, Cricket South Africa (CSA) confirmed on Monday.
Cochin: At least four workers died and several others injured in a blast at the Cochin shipyard here.
Morbi (Gujarat): The Gujarat Assembly's newly appointed Pro Tem Speaker and veteran BJP MLA Nimaben Acharya and two others were on Monday sentenced to one-year in jail in a 2009 case pertaining to violation of the election code of conduct.
