Broadly positive global markets along with healthy buying in auto and consumer durable stocks lifted the key Indian equity indices on Friday.

Comedy actor Vatara Mallesh (42) who was suffering from kidney failure, passed away here on Friday.

India's national academy of letters, the Sahitya Akademi, is inviting books for its prestigious Yuva Puraskar award for 2019, from publishers and "young Indian authors of the age of 35 and below" in its recognized 24 languages.

India's challenge at the $1,250,000 Indonesia Open came to a disappointing end after both P.V.Sindhu and H.S.Prannoy lost their respective quarter-final matches in straight games here on Friday.

Amidst the threat of closure of government schools due to the onslaught of private English medium schools, around 77 schools which completed 100 years in the district are in the news for different reasons.

‘Masjid One’, aimed at bringing all masjids in the country under one platform using technology to ensure the welfare of all Muslims, kicked off on pilot basis.

The 750 MW Rewa Solar Power Project in Madhya Pradesh, which is to supply power to the Delhi Metro, started operations from Friday, according to an announcement by the state-run Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd (MPUVNL) -- and one of the biggest beneficiaries will be the Delhi Metro.

Asiya Andrabi, chief of the Kashmiri women's separatist group "Dukhtaran-e-Millat" (Daughters of Faith), and two of her associates were sent to 10 day National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody on Friday.