Legendary Sachin Tendulkar and batting maestro VVS Laxman were Wednesday served notices by BCCI's Ombudsman-cum-Ethics Officer D K Jain for their alleged 'conflict of interest' by serving as mentors of IPL franchise as well as member of Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC).

The Election Commission will "soon" take a decision on complaints regarding political leaders invoking armed forces in campaigns, highly-placed sources said Wednesday.

Three monks associated with the Indo-Thai Buddhist Society (ITBS) in Bodh Gaya have been charged with sexually exploiting a 10-year-old Dalit girl after a petition was filed by a social worker in a local court, which instructed the police on Monday to lodge a first information report (FIR) against the accused and initiate a probe.

Raichur: The CID has taken one Sudarshan into the custody over the mysterious death case of Raichur engineering student Madhu Pattar.

A 68.62 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the elections for 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka which went for polling in two phases, a tad higher thanthe 2014 figures, poll officials said Wednesday.

 Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped during the 2002 Gujarat riots, on Wednesday said the Supreme Court's direction to the state government to provide her compensation will give hope to other victims, and called for ending the "hate and fear gripping the country".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a jibe at the firebrand Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee calling her "sticker Didi" who labels central welfare schemes as those of her own government.

Rebel Congress MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi Wednesday said he along with legislators who are with him would discuss and decide on resigning from the party soon.