A man was electrocuted after his mobile phone that he was speaking on while it was connected to a charger got burnt due to suspected high voltage at Vagupalli under Kanigiri mandal in Prakasham district.

K. Anvar Sadath, vice chairman and executive director of Kerala Infrastructure and Technology For Education (KITE), has become the first Indian to receive The International Contributions Award.

Over 100 Maratha activists staged a noisy 'jail-bharo' agitation at Azad Maidan here on Wednesday, marking the intensified phase of their ongoing fortnight-long campaign for job quotas for the community.

The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Wednesday said that it rescued 39 Nepali women, who had become victims of human trafficking.

Expanding its online-exclusive portfolio, Samsung India on Wednesday launched Galaxy On8 smartphone for Rs 16,990.

The device will be available on Flipkart and on Samsung Online Shop, starting August 6.

A bus collided with a car following a tyre burst and turned upside down near Adyar-Arkula national highway on Wednesday morning.

 Over 150 Islamic State (IS) terror group militants, including a senior leader, Mawlavi Habib Ur Rehman, surrendered to the Afghan forces, Khaama Press reported.

According to a statement by the Afghan Military, the IS leader and his 152 fighters surrendered in Jawzjan province late on Tuesday.

A US federal judge in Seattle has blocked the release of software that allows consumers to 3D-print firearms.

The order came just hours before their scheduled online distribution by a Texas group that had reached an agreement with the Donald Trump administration to do so, Efe news reported.