Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty buckled under selling pressure for the second straight session on Thursday as a bearish trend in global markets amid escalating geopolitical uncertainties unnerved investors.

Besides, disappointing quarterly earnings numbers and revenue forecast from IT services company Wipro also weighed on investor sentiments, traders said.

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says Britain is standing by Israel in its "darkest hour" as it wages war on Hamas following the Palestinian militant group's October 7 attack.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday promised to conduct the caste census in Telangana if his party is voted to power in the state.

In a horrifying incident in Makodu village, Periyapatna taluk, a 30-year-old man identified as Ganesh allegedly drowned his 18-month-old son in the waters of the village lake.

India suffered an early setback in their World Cup contest against Bangladesh when all-rounder Hardik Pandya left the field after twisting his ankle while bowling his first over here on Thursday.

People traveling in a private bus were seriously injured as the bus toppled on the road after the driver lost control on the National Highway near Pala village in Hubballi taluk on Thursday morning.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has clarified the government circular prohibiting the use of chemicals, including turmeric and vermillion, at the Vidhana Soudha and Vikasa Soudha during Ayudha Pooja, insisting that the government had followed the convention of prohibiting the use of chemicals at the buildings.

A disabled woman who uses a wheelchair has claimed she had to be carried to the second-floor office of a marriage registrar in the city on her wedding day because the building had no lift and the officials refused to come down to complete the formalities.