Coming to the rescue of an 88-year-old man whose retirement benefits were put on hold by the Tamil Nadu government due to an inconclusive disciplinary proceeding that stretched beyond 30 years, the Madras High Court has directed the authorities to pay him all retirement and pension benefits.

Senior actor turned politician Rebel star Ambareesh passed away at a hospital in Bengaluru on Saturday night. He was suffering from lungs and kidney-related health problems.

Filmmaker S Shankar said Saturday he had approached "The Terminator" star Arnold Schwarzenegger to play the antagonist in "2.0" but things didn't work out and the role finally went to Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar.

A two-seater trainer aircraft belonging to a private aviation institute hit boundary wall of the Mehsana airport in Gujarat Saturday during a training exercise, an official said.

The charge sheet stated that a network within Sanatan Sanstha targeted Lankesh for no personal reasons. It also said the planning to kill Lankesh took place for almost five years.

Senior BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma Saturday said that the party had worked together with the ruling Congress, the opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) and the Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) in Mizoram and there was nothing to hide in those alliances.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeted the late Indira Gandhi on Saturday, saying her famous slogan 'garibi hatao' was a "false promise" and bank nationalisation was a "fraud" in the name of the poor.