Vittla police on Wednesday seized 8 lorries on charges of illegally transporting sand at Mani in the taluk.
US President Donald Trump blasted his former attorney Michael Cohen on Wednesday after a secret audio of a recording between the two about making a payment to Playboy playmate Karen McDougal was aired.
The BRICS nations "must" put human rights at the forefront of their discussions, Amnesty International said here on Wednesday.
An auto driver died on the spot and two others sustained severe injuries in an auto-car collision at Kabaka on Wednesday. The deceased is identified as Purandara (44) of Kalladka. When he was driving his auto towards Puttur, his auto collided with the car at Kabaka.
Pawan Shah plundered a record 282 runs as India Under-19 declared their first innings for a massive 613 for 8 wickets before they reduced Sri Lanka U-19 to 140 for four at the end of the second day's play of their second and final Youth Test here on Wednesday.
A 25-year-old Indian student was killed in Australia after meeting a woman he befriended on an online dating website.
The lorry owners strike being conducted across the country demanding toll-free movement, cutting of diesel price and other demands entered 6th day on Wednesday, affecting supply of essential commodities.
In a tantalising find, a team of Italian researchers on Wednesday announced they have discovered a large saltwater lake under ice near the south pole on Red Planet - raising a possibility that life may be there on Mars in some form.
Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha, chief of NDA constituent Rashtriya Lok Samta Party, on Wednesday said that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar should not be chief ministerial candidate in 2020 assembly polls.
A request for provisional arrest and extradition of controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Abdul Karim Naik was sent to Malaysia and a fresh Red Corner Notice (RCN) request sent to Interpol in January this year against him is still unanswered, government told parliament on Wednesday.
