A video of a young boy addressing the Chief Minister, while emphasizing on the tribulations of Kodagu has been making rounds on WhatsApp. “Though the state uses all the resources Kodagu has to offer, no one is paying attention to Kodagu. The Chief Minister has completely ignored the cries,” the young boy has said in the video that lasts about half an hour. The speech, obviously, is not something that comes naturally to his age. But since this has caught the attention of the CM, he has responded to his request positively.

Madikeri: The Kodagu district is literally frightened because of the gusty wind for the last three days. Before coming back to normal situation due to heavy rainfall for the last two weeks, the people are worried about the wind.

 At least eight people were killed and 17 others wounded after a suicide bomber blew himself up near a government ministry office in Kabul on Sunday, authorities said.

The bodies of five teenage Bangladeshi footballers who drowned in a river on Saturday evening were recovered early on Sunday.

Bakhtiar Uddin Chowdhury, officer-in-charge of Chakaria Police Station, said the bodies were retrieved by a team of Divers of Fire Service and Civil Defence.

Congress on Sunday said it was former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi who had herself lifted the Emergency and apologised for the excesses committed during it.

In a shocking incident, a mother of two, aged 35 years, was gang-raped by five men in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal and then burnt alive in a nearby temple on Saturday.

France scored twice in each half as they thumped a combative Croatia 4-2 in a dramatic final to win the FIFA World Cup for the second time in 20 years here on Sunday.

Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic on Sunday overpowered South Africa's Kevin Anderson 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) in a lopsided Wimbledon final, taking home the trophy for the fourth time in his career.