A minor girl allegedly committed suicide after hanging herself from the ceiling in her house here, police said on Wednesday.

The National Capital Region may face a blackout as the coal reserves with the Delhi government were only for a-day-and-a-half, said Power Minister Satyendar Jain who has written to Union Power Minister R. K. Singh regarding the same.

The samples collected during the 'carcass meat racket' that came to light around two months back were found 'unfit for examination', a lawyer said here on Wednesday.

An illegal fire arm supplier has been arrested along two of his associates, and 26 sophisticated pistols recovered from their possession, police said on Wednesday.

The local police arrested five accused on charges assaulting and attempting to murder a youth at Nalkumarga on Bantwala by-pass recently, here on Wednesday.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the government to probe into allegations against a top Enforcement Directorate (ED) officer who is probing the high profile 2G and Aircel-Maxis cases.

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was on Wednesday apprised of agreements signed between India and Denmark for cooperation in the fields of animal husbandry and dairying, and on cooperation in the field of science, technology and innovation, an official statement said.

An International Cricket Council's (ICC) survey on Wednesday revealed that 87 percent of global fans want the inclusion of T20 cricket in the Olympics even as the sport's world governing body claimed that the gentleman's game has over one billion fans across the globe.