Udupi: Udupi Police on Saturday booked Rekha, the mother of two-year old girl who was reported to be abducted on Thursday and her body was found on Friday in a water stream. The police booked Rekha for the murder of infant.

Fifty-one people were injured and several homes, churches and other buildings damaged on Saturday when an earthquake sent terrified residents of the southern Philippines fleeing their homes before dawn, police said.

The Press Club of India on Saturday said it supports the decision of the Entertainment Journalists Guild to boycott actor Kangana Ranaut for refusing to apologise for lashing out at a PTI reporter during a press conference.

In 17th Meeting of United Nations Human Rights Council the issue of rise in Hate Crimes and mob lynching’s against Muslims and dalits in India was raised.  While Prime Minster Modi stated that minorities will be protected, the incidents of lynching are on the rise. A Muslim youth Tabrez Ansari was tied to the pole, beaten mercilessly and asked to say Jai shri Ram. Another Muslim, Hafiz Mohammad Haldar was thrown from the train, another Faizul Usman a taxi driver was beaten up near Mumbai. The list is long and continues to rise.

Ahead of a reshuffle of the state cabinet, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant dropped four ministers -- three of the Goa Forward Party (GFP) and one Independent -- from his cabinet Saturday.

Any misadventure by Pakistan Army will be repelled with punitive response and no act of terror will go unpunished, Army chief General Bipin Rawat said Saturday.

Three people, including two women, were killed in a massive fire at a hardware factory in the national capital on Saturday, police said.

Mangaluru: Mangaluru Police on Saturday arrested four people for allegedly smuggling drugs in the city and seized 1.2kg Ganja from the accused in a raid led by Police Commissioner Sandeep Patil.