A video showing rats moving freely inside the orthopaedic ward of the Gonda medical college here has surfaced on social media, prompting the district magistrate to order a probe into the incident.

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday sought the Union government's intervention for the safe return of students, including Kashmiris, from Iran amid the prevailing tension there.

A 14-year-old boy was allegedly murdered and his body, stuffed in a sack, was found dumped on a railway track in Deoband area here, police said on Thursday.

Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H D Kumaraswamy on Thursday asserted that he will continue to remain active in Karnataka politics and will not distance himself from the State's political affairs.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday said his recent meeting with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was part of routine political interactions and nothing much should made out of it.

 Veteran film actor Suhasini Mulay, who stars in late legend Dharmendra’s last movie ‘Ikkis’, has stood up for the movie, pointing at how critics in the current social circumstances uphold a movie like ‘The Kashmir Files’, but have been trolling ‘Ikkis’, which carries the message that war brings only bloodshed and trauma.

Police on Thursday detained more than 15 people, including Manjeshwar legislator A K M Ashraf, in connection with the protest against toll collection at the Kumble Arikkadi toll plaza on National Highway 66.

 An organised mule account racket was busted with the arrest of 12 persons who allegedly opened bank accounts illegally in the names of unsuspecting members of the public and used them for fraud and online betting activities, police said.