The prevalence of diabetes in India is 11.4 per cent, while 35.5 per cent of people suffer from hypertension, according to the findings of a nationwide survey published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal.

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has directed a probe into poor facilities at a "filthy and stinking" ward, dubbed 'lawaris', in the Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (Civil) Hospital here.

The Supreme Court agreed to hear on June 13 a plea by the daughter of late MP Y S Vivekananda Reddy challenging a Telangana High Court order giving anticipatory bail to YSR Congress Party MP Y S Avinash Reddy in the murder case of the parliamentarian.

Two policemen, including an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) have been suspended for allegedly extorting money by stopping lorries on the national highway.

In a concerted effort to tackle the rising criminal activities in the city, the Bengaluru police executed raids on the residences of approximately 1000 criminals on Thursday. Acting on the directives of the newly-appointed Bengaluru Police Commissioner, B Dayananda, the raids aimed to curb illegal activities and apprehend offenders.

The Supreme Court on Friday refused urgent hearing on a plea by two Manipur residents against the repeated internet shutdowns in the state rocked by ethnic violence.

Balakrishna (58), employed as a driver at the Deputy Commissioner's office in Dakshina Kannada district, tragically took his own life by hanging himself at his residence on Thursday, according to police sources.

A 19-year-old woman died after falling from the seventh floor of an unfinished and abandoned building in Maharashtra's Navi Mumbai during a liquor party with friends, police said on Friday.