Two gruesome incidents that can cost India its name have occurred in Delhi and Maharashtra. While the first incident shows the country still seeped in superstition, the second one shows the denigrating law and order system of this country.

Pakistan Army chief on approved death sentence of 12 hardcore militants involved in separate incidents of terrorism in the country, official reports said on Monday.

At least three persons were injured when a portion of a foot overbridge crashed on the Western Railway tracks here during Tuesday morning peak hours, creating a scare among the commuters, an official said.

Belgium underlined their strength and depth in quality by coming back from two goals to beat a spirited Japan 3-2 and fix a quarterfinal date with Brazil in a rip-roaring round of 16 FIFA World Cup game here on Monday.

The hearing of witnesses in the businessman Bhaskar Shetty murder which startled the entire state began at the principal district and sessions court here on Monday with tight police security.

Noted senior writer Prof Baraguru Ramachandrappa said that those who use the name of Swami Vivekananda should understand his words “Brain of Vedanta and body of Islam”.

Minority Welfare and Hajj and Wakf Minister BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan said that he has apprised the central government that hefty flight fare was being collected from the Hajj pilgrims of the state.

The father of a 22-year-old alleged gangrape victim here approached the Gujarat High Court on Monday seeking transfer of investigations from the Crime Branch to any other agency, a day after the victim levied allegations against the probe agency.