Bengaluru: High alert has been declared in the state’s capital Bengaluru in the wake of recent terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka. High security measures are in place in public places including bus stops where security personnel were seen checking people’s luggage.

Kota: A labourer allegedly died of scorching heat wave in a village of the district Sunday, police said.Shatilal Meena (45) fainted while working in the MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) muster roll in Kheyawada village, SHO Budhadeet police station Amarnath Kalbailia said.

Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his strident criticism of the Congress, party president Rahul Gandhi Saturday said in the last 70 years, the "foolishness of demonetisation and Gabbar Singh Tax" was not done by anybody.

 A statue of B R Ambedkar was damaged by miscreants in the Bardah area here, police said Saturday. The statue was damaged Friday night in Chowki village. Local residents noticed it Saturday morning and informed police, they said.

Raipur: Senior Congress leader and Chhattisgarh Agriculture Minister Ravindra Choubey suffered a mild heart attack in Lucknow Saturday morning, officials said here.He was admitted to a hospital in the Uttar Pradesh capital and kept under observation, they said.

As Air India's passenger service system (PSS) software shut down for six hours Saturday, the airline said a total of 155 flights will be delayed for an average duration of two hours till 8.30 pm.

Marvel Studios latest offering, "Avengers: Endgame" has received an exceptional opening at the worldwide box office with its day one collection touching the USD 305 million mark.

A depression over the Indian Ocean and southeast Bay of Bengal has intensified and moved further northwestwards, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Saturday.