Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre has directed his department to create a separate dedicated rapid response leopard task force for Bengaluru city, days after an elusive big cat that was wandering in a residential area here was shot dead during its capture.

The Supreme Court on Monday deferred post Diwali vacation hearing on pleas of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and its HR head Amit Chakravarty against their arrest under anti-terror law UAPA.

Bangladesh on Monday won the toss and opted to bowl first in their World Cup match against Sri lanka which is being played amid severe pollution levels in the city.

Undeterred by defeats 236 times in various polls he contested in the country, K Padmarajan from Tamil Nadu has filed his nomination as an independent in Gajwel constituency from which the Chief Minister is contesting in the November 30 assembly polls in Telangana.

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the plea of the Popular Front of India (PFI) against an Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) tribunal confirming the five-year ban imposed on it by the central government.

A court in Kerala on Monday granted the police ten days custody of the lone accused in the Kochi bomb blast case.

Sri Lanka cricket board was on Monday (November 11) sacked by the government in the aftermath of the national team's heavy defeat to hosts India in the ongoing World Cup.

Amid rumblings in the opposition INDIA alliance, the Shiv Sena (UBT) on Monday said the coalition has been formed to unseat the "dictatorial regime" at the Centre while politics in states is different.