Jammu: Pakistani troops violated ceasefire Saturday by targeting forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesman said.

Bengaluru: Ace Indian shuttler P V Sindhu wore yet another feather in her cap by becoming the first woman to fly a sortie in the indigenously built Light Combat Aircraft Tejas at the Aero India show here Saturday and described it as the 'real hero.'

Mangaluru: The election would be held for management committee of the Dakshina Kannada District Red Cross unit on Feb 24. Total 16 candidates are in the fray, ten seats of the unit.

Mangaluru: Vartha Bharati’s Senior Sub-Editor  Muhammad Imthiyaz Shah has won this year's prestigious PaGo award instituted by Dakshina Kannada District Working Journalists Union. Imthiyaz won this award for his report on Kodagu floods and the state of the district post the destructive natural calamity. 

Vijayapura: BJP Karnataka President B. S yeddyurappa, was left as the mute spectator of the fight between his party-men on Saturday.

Udupi: Nisha James, on Saturday took over the charge as the new Superintendent of Police (SP) of Udupi district from Laxman Nimbargi, who was transferred in an order from Government Secretariat on Thursday along with 30 other IPS officers from across the state.

Bengaluru: In a major tragedy which was reported on Saturday afternoon at the Bengaluru air show, over 300 cars have reportedly been charred down.

Bhadohi: Ten people were killed and six injured in an explosion at a shop here on Saturday afternoon which also led to collapse of three adjacent houses, officials said.