India won the toss and opted to bowl in the second T20 International against Sri Lanka here on Tuesday. The first T20I of the three-match series in Guwahati was washed out.

Mangaluru: Owing to the nation-wide strike called by several organisations and unions on Wednesday, January 8, daily life in Mangaluru is also set to take a hit. But the city buses in both Mangaluru and Udupi will operate as usual, the bus drivers and owners associations confirmed.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the issuance of death warrants against the Nirbhaya case convicts has fulfilled a long-term wish of the people of Delhi and hoped that it would be a lesson for people who misbehave with women.

Mangaluru: Listening Post People’s Tribunal constituted by Indian Social Institute, Bangalore, Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) Karantaka Chapter, and ‘Samvidhanadha Haadiyalli’ allegedly was blocked from holding press conference in the city by local police. The move comes as a surprise as the people’s tribunal was chaired by former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Gopala Gowda.

Four convicts in the sensational 2012 Nirbhaya Gang rape and murder case will be hanged on January 22 at 7 am in Tihar jail, a Delhi court said on Tuesday.

The Centre has warned its employees of "consequences" if they go on strike called on January 8 by one of their associations to protest against union government's policies including labour reforms, foreign direct investment (FDI) and privatisation, according to a Personnel ministry order.

More than 50 people were crushed to death Tuesday at the funeral of an Iranian general in the southeastern city of Kerman, Iranian media reported, citing a morgue count.

 Under fire from students and faculty members for not doing enough when they were brutally attacked by a masked mob on campus, Jawaharlal Nehru University Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar on Tuesday urged students to put the past behind and return to the varsity's premises.