Srinagar: The detention of Farooq Abdullah, a three-term chief minister of erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, was extended on Saturday by three months and he would continue to remain at his residence that has been declared a sub-jail, officials said here.

Mangaluru: Taking note of the growing incidents of drugs abuse and increase in number of youth falling prey to drug menace in Dakshina Kannada District, local socio-religious leaders of Mangaluru and Dakshina Kannada on Saturday called a press meet and announced the launch of campaign by Masjid Jamaths across the district against the menace.

Bengaluru: Former MLA H Vishwananth and JD(s) MLA and former minister G T Devegowda visited former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah at hospital where he is being treated in Bengaluru on Saturday.

Kanpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi stumbled on the steps of Ganga ghat on Saturday and was picked up by his security officials. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Kanpur to review Namami Gange Project

Mangaluru: All India Trade Union Congress, National General Secretary, Amarjeet Kaur on Saturday asserted that protesting and opposing the wrong and unconstitutional strategies and programs of government in not wrong and instead is the right given by the constitution of the country to its citizens.

The US has issued a travel advisory for its citizens asking them to "exercise caution" while travelling to the northeast India, which has witnessed violent protests against the amended citizenship act.

Portion of a railway station complex in West Bengal's Howrah district was set on fire on Saturday by a mob which also thrashed security personnel guarding it, officials said.

The Jamia Millia Islamia on Saturday declared vacation till January 5 and cancelled all exams in view of the tense situation in the university due to students' protest against the amended citizenship act.