A 10-year-old second-hand Hermes Birkin bag has sold for $217,144 in London, a new European record for the most expensive handbag sold at an auction.
The Japanese Parliament on Wednesday approved a bill to lower the age of adulthood from 20 to 18 years, a measure aimed at encouraging the participation of young people in the society in the face of a rapidly ageing population.
An Afghan national travelling from Delhi to Dubai was taken into custody by the Customs officials at the Kochi airport on Wednesday after it was found that he was carrying foreign currencies worth Rs 10 crore.
Mysuru: Congress registered the first victory in the North-East Graduates constituency of Karnataka Legislative Council by ending the 30-year dominance of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Congress candidate Chandrashekhar B Patil beat his nearest rival K.B. Shrinivas of BJP by a margin of 321 votes.
Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Wednesday responded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's fitness challenge saying that yoga and treadmill were a part of his daily workout but he was more concerned about the "development fitness" of his state.
Ullal: A 47-year-old panchayat development officer committed suicide by hanging himself in the toilet of Munnuru grama panchayat office in the limits of Ullal police station.
As the sit-in protest by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his three Cabinet colleagues at the Lt. Governor's office here entered its second day on Wednesday, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia launched an indefinite hunger strike.
Mangaluru: A man was injured when the scooter he was riding rammed into the rear of a moving bus on Ullal Bridge this morning.
Mangaluru: The management of Kukke Shree Subrahmanya Temple has issued a public circular saying that poojas conducted outside the temple may not reach god.
At least 17 people were killed and over 30 others injured in a road accident in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri district on Wednesday, police said.
