Over 10 quintals of poppy husk with an estimated value of around Rs 1.5 crore were seized and a suspected smuggler was arrested in the Sarsawa area of the district, police said on Thursday.
The people of Karnataka, who go gaga over the King of Fruits every summer, have been warned by concerned officials to be ready to go home from the market with lighter bags as well as emptier purses.
A 19-year-old woman allegedly killed her newborn immediately after delivering the baby inside a toilet at a factory near Devanahalli, police said.
A 23-year-old physically disabled Dalit groom was allegedly dragged off a horse and assaulted during his pre-wedding procession in Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh district on Tuesday evening after a group of men objected to him riding through the village.
The government will conduct student union elections in universities and colleges in line with the recommendations of the JM Lyngdoh Committee report, Higher Education Minister MC Sudhakar and Medical Education Minister Dr Sharan Prakash Patil said on Wednesday.
A Class 4 student from Koppal has secured a place in the India Book of Records 2026 by solving a map of India puzzle while blindfolded, Asianet News reported.
Residents of an apartment complex in Bengaluru confronted a former army officer and his wife after the couple allegedly used communal slurs against a Muslim man, calling him “Pakistani” and “terrorist” after learning about his religious identity.
A court in Nashik on Thursday sent self-styled godman Ashok Kharat to judicial custody till May 6 in the fifth case of sexual assault and exploitation registered against him.
Tamil Nadu recorded 70 per cent voting on Thursday as polling for elections to 234 assembly constituencies was underway across the state.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated the people of West Bengal for their massive turnout in the ongoing first phase of assembly elections, and called the vote figures so far indicative of an “overwhelming mandate for change”.
