Maruti Suzuki Chairman R.C. Bhargava said on Tuesday the company had not renewed the contracts of 3,000 temporary employees, as the automaker battled rising inventory amid a slowdown in demand.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the family members of former Union minister Arun Jaitley at his residence here on Tuesday and offered floral tributes to a portrait of the departed leader.

An army officer was shot dead on Tuesday at Pallavaram barrack here by a rifleman, who later killed himself for allegedly being punished for "lethargic attitude in duty", police said.

Former finance minister P Chidambaram's counsel on Tuesday sought transcripts of the interrogation conducted by the Enforcement Directorate on three dates in the INX Media money laundering case. 

Bengaluru: Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel who recently was made the State Chief of BJP took charge as the President of the party in state at party’s office in Bengaluru from his ex-president and Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa.

Dammam: Mangaluru bound Air India Express flight that was scheduled to take off from Dammam International Airport at 10.10 pm on Monday night was once again delayed. This the flight was delayed for about seven hours, passengers of the flight told Vartha Bharati.

 A chartered plane from Delhi caught fire while landing near the Dhanipur airstrip of the air training centre here on Tuesday, with all six on board escaping unhurt, a senior official said. Additional District Magistrate Ranjit Singh said six persons on board, including the pilot, were safe.

An Oklahoma judge has ordered US health care giant Johnson & Johnson to pay USD 572 million in damages for its role in fostering the state's opioid addiction crisis.