A CRPF jawan, deployed at the residence of former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi here, allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself from his service revolver, police said Saturday.
TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee Saturday sent a defamation notice to Narendra Modi, demanding an apology from the prime minister for "wildly fabricated allegations" against him at a rally earlier this week.
TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu Saturday met leaders of the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party here, continuing his efforts to put together a coalition to form the next government at the Centre.
The Karnataka government is mulling over making it compulsory for commercial buildings in rural areas to implement rain water harvesting as part of its effort to build a water secure future for the state, Rural Development Minister Krishna Byre Gowda said Saturday.
Against the backdrop of Commissioner Ashok Lavasa recusing himself from model code violation cases till his dissents are recorded on orders, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora Saturday said members of the panel are not supposed to be "clones" of each other and divergence of views was natural.
The All India Radio will continuously broadcast a special programme on results of the Lok Sabha and assembly elections in four states for 40 hours.
Fed up with the differences in the ruling Congress-JD(S) coalition and the "Siddaramaiah for CM again' clamour, senior JD(S) leader Basavaraj Horatti Saturday suggested that the assembly be dissolved.
From turban-wearing Sikhs to sari-clad Keralites, a mini-India converged at the annual iftar of the Indian Social and Cultural Centre in Abu Dhabi last week.
Bantwal: Unidentified miscreants vandalised the grotto of a Christian statue belonging to the Manela Church at Poonacha-Thoranakatte near Vittala on Saturday.
Mangaluru: Income Tax department officials raided the house of businessman Raju on Saturday and seized significant documents after the police raided the undisclosed money laundering case near the Carstreet on Friday, sources said.
