Shivamogga: Another rowdy sheeter Market Govind was hacked to death brutally near Gaurav Lodge here on Wednesday at 7.30 pm.

Allahabad: Religious leader Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati Wednesday said a ceremony to mark the start of construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya will take place on February 21, even if those gathering there have to face bullets.

Riyadh: Total 12 persons died and more than 170 injured in a flash flood due to heavy rains in the North-West part of the country in the last one week, official sources said.

Bengaluru: Hundreds of women walked over 200 kms to reach the state capital Wednesday demanding a blanket ban on the sale and consumption of liquor in Karnataka.

Bengaluru: Union minister Ananth Kumar Hegde, whose comments have often triggered controversies, on Wednesday called Congress president Rahul Gandhi a "hybrid breed", saying how can son of a "Muslim" father and Christian mother be a Brahmin.

Udupi: In a filmy style incident, miscreants who were allegedly kidnapping a girl in a car, pushed her out of the car on the road and fled the scene leaving the car, on national highway 66 at Balaipade near Kinnimulki in the taluk on Wednesday afternoon.

Kochi: Noted Malayalam actor Sreenivasan has been admitted to a hospital here with acute breathlessness, following physical exertion, hospital sources said Wednesday.

Lucknow/Kanpur: Mocking opposition parties for not naming a joint prime ministerial candidate, BJP president Amit Shah Wednesday said there will be a different PM every day of the week if their grand alliance comes to power.