Khartoum: Sudan's army ousted veteran president Omar al-Bashir Thursday, but protestors against his iron-fisted rule swiftly rejected a "coup" by the military and vowed to keep up their demonstrations.

Bengaluru: In a major setback to the Bengaluru South’s BJP candidate Tejasvi Surya, Karnataka High Court on Friday dismissed lower court’s order that instructed media houses not to telecast negative news against him.

Mandya: Former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo HD Devegowda on Friday said that he was contesting from the Tumkuru Lok Sabha Assembly as advised by Congress senior leader and former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah.

New Delhi: The BJP Friday moved the Election Commission seeking action against Rahul Gandhi for his "abusive" and "completely untrue" comments against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing the Congress president of attributing words to the Supreme Court in the Rafale case that it never said.

Mangaluru: With the polling day in the constituency for the Lok Sabha Election less than a week away, political parties and its respective candidates have braced their sleeves up for the campaigning and are busy seeking votes and support from all corners.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Thursday named for the 'Order of St Andrew the Apostle' award by Russia for exceptional services in promoting bilateral ties between the two countries, a Russian embassy official said.

Singapore: P V Sindhu survived a scare before making the semifinals but Saina Nehwal was thoroughly outplayed in her straight-game quarterfinal loss on a mixed day for India at the Singapore Open badminton tournament here Friday.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi Friday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging he ran his government for 15 of his friends and he wondered why no big-ticket defaulters of bank loans like Vijay Mallya were not in jail.