New Delhi: The Congress party on Wednesday has requested Lok Sabha speaker for a discussion on the death of VG Sidhartha. The opposition Congress has appealed for the discussion to be held today.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought a report from its secretary general as to why a letter written by the Unnao rape victim to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, apprehending threat to her life, was not placed before him.

Mangaluru: The post-mortem of VG Siddhartha’s body concluded around 11.am on Wednesday morning and his mortal remains will now be taken to Chikkamagaluru on ambulance.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday expressed grief over the demise of former CM SM Krishna’s son-in-law and owner of Café Coffee Day group VG Siddhartha after his body was found in Nethravathi River in Mangaluru on Wednesday morning.

Mangaluru: Sringeri MLA TD Rajegowda on Wednesday informed mediapersons that the body of VG Siddhartha will be taken to Chettanahalli Estate near Moodigere Taluk’s Chattanahalli where he his funeral rites will be held.

Cracking the whip on corruption in higher judiciary, Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi has allowed CBI to lodge a regular case against serving Allahabad High Court judge Justice S N Shukla on allegations of graft for favours to a private medical college for MBBS admission. 

Pyongyang fired two ballistic missiles on Wednesday, Seoul said, days after a similar launch that the nuclear-armed North described as a warning to the South over planned joint military drills with the United States.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi might have been grappling with organisational challenges, but his 22-year-old namesake from Indore in Madhya Pradesh is worried, not over political reasons, but because of the famous name.