Jaipur: Rajasthan Royals beat Lucknow Super Giants by 20 runs to make a winning start to their IPL campaign here on Sunday.

New Delhi: A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 34-year-old brother of her teacher at a tuition centre in east Delhi's Pandav Nagar area, sparking a protest in the area with people vandalising some vehicles, police said Sunday.

Karachi: Controversial Pakistan left-arm pacer Mohammad Amir has decided to come out of international retirement and make himself available for selection for the upcoming T20 World Cup in the Americas in June.

Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, addressing reporters at Mandakalli Airport in the city on Sunday, expressed optimism about the Congress party's prospects in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka, foreseeing a victory in at least 20 seats.

Belthangady: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee General Secretary Inayat Ali paid a visit to the residences of Isaq, Shahul Hameed, and Imtiyaz Siddique in Belthangady Taluk. The trio lost their lives in a shocking murder case that took place in Tumkuru on March 22.

Bengaluru: The Election Commission on Sunday said Rs 1.88 crore cash and liquor worth Rs 87.19 lakh were seized in the last 24 hours in the run-up to Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka.

Udupi: Congress candidate from the Udupi-Chikmagaluru constituency K Jayaprakash Hegde has clarified that, contrary to the allegation made against him in certain media reports recently, he had not made derogatory statements on his BJP rival Kota Srinivas Poojary's knowledge of language.

Puttur: A 45-year-old woman, Eshwari, from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu has been arrested by the Puttur Town Police in a case of theft of gold jewelry in town about one and a half months ago and jewelry worth approximately Rs 6 lakh has been confiscated by the police.