New Delhi: Renowned Journalist Ravish Kumar strongly criticized the Indian mainstream media calling it a disgrace to Journalism and Humanity. He was speaking while accepting the ‘Peabody Award’ alongside Vinay Shukla, for his documentary ‘while we watched' on Kumar, on June 9 at Los Angeles in the USA.

Bengaluru: Renowned Bollywood singer Lucky Ali has filed a complaint with the Karnataka Lokayukta against IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri, her husband Sudhir Reddy, and four others, accusing them of attempting to grab his land near Yelahanka New Town Kenchenahalli in the city.

London/Rome: A 31-year-old Indian casual worker in Italy has died tragically after he was dumped on the road without medical assistance by his employer after his arm was severed by heavy farm machinery, an incident that has shocked the country.

Port Blair: A controversy erupted after a video of newly-elected BJP MP from Andaman and Nicobar Islands Bishnu Pada Ray's speech threatening those who didn't vote for him in the Lok Sabha polls became viral. Ray, however, claimed on Friday that his remarks were "misinterpreted".

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Friday lifted its stay to the release of "Maharaj", debut film of Bollywood star Aamir Khan's son Junaid, observing that it did not target the Vaishnav Pushtimarg sect as alleged by its members.

Udupi: In a significant legal development, the Second Additional District and Sessions Court in Udupi has acquitted two men charged with the murder of a 52-year-old canteen worker. The verdict, delivered on Friday, cited insufficient evidence against the accused, Vignesh Kutti and Naveen Kumar.

Panaji: The Goa government has announced a hike in Value Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel with effect from Saturday, which will raise the price of petrol by Re 1 and diesel by 36 paise, an official said.

New Delhi: Around 1,20,000 pilgrims undertook the Haj pilgrimage this year from India and 356 doctors and paramedics were deployed for the medical care.