Just a day ahead of the voting for the Karnataka Assembly election, the World Lingayat Mahasabha appealed its community to reject BJP and RSS and support the Congress in the election.

Union Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu on Friday said lenders should not hesitate in funding the gems and jewellery industry.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed a status report in the Delhi High Court, stating that it has not found any evidence to date in the missing Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Najeeb Ahmed's case.

Noted writer and critic Giraddy Govindaraj passed away due to cardiac arrest here on Friday. Soon after suffering heart attack, he was rushed to a hospital. But he breathed his last on the way to hospital. He was 79.

 In his letter to Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and Mumbai police, Constable Dnyaneshwar Ahirrao sought permission to “beg in uniform” as he hasn’t received salary for two months.

 Four women and a youth hailing from Kashmir complained of assault by a mob of around 40 persons over a petty issue in the national capital, following which an FIR was lodged on Friday, police said.

A minor girl was gang-raped and burnt alive in Khurai in Madhya Pradesh by her relative and his friend, following which one person was arrested, police said on Friday.

The first ACMM court has extended the judicial custody of Mohmmed Nalapad, son of MLA NA Harris, arrested on charges of assaulting Vidwat, till May 25.  The judicial custody of Nalapad and other accused is supposed to end on May 11. But the judge who heard the arguments through video conference, announced the verdict