In a setback to Kiran Bedi, the Madras High Court Tuesday held that the Puducherry Lt Governor "cannot interfere" in the day-to-day affairs of the elected government of the Union Territory.

Ness Wadia, son of industrialist Nusli Wadia and inheritor of one of India's wealthiest business families, has been sentenced for drugs possession while on a skiing holiday to Japan.

Colombo: With the death of two more Chinese nationals, the number of foreigners who died in the massive Easter Sunday bombings on Monday rose to 42, including 11 Indians, according to the Sri Lankan foreign ministry.

Mangaluru: Khadija Hannah, a student of Hira Girls High School, Babbukatte near Thokuttu scored 599 aggregate marks (96%) in the SSLC examination results that were announced on Tuesday afternoon.

Mangaluru: Isha Rukiya of Bearys Public School Mangaluru scored 586 marks (93.76%) to top the school in the SSLC results that were announced on Tuesday.

A coach of Hamsafar Express on Tuesday derailed near the Assam-Tripura border, an NF Railway official said.

Nobody was injured when a pair of wheels of the 12504 Hamsafar Express from Agartala to Bengaluru derailed between Churaibari and Kalkalighat stations at around 8.15 am, he said.

Cyclone 'Fani' is likely to intensify into an 'extremely severe cyclonic storm' by late night and can hit the Odisha coast by Friday afternoon, the India Meteorological Department said Tuesday.

Draped in ornate golden-brown robes and wearing a towering black hat, Japan's Emperor Akihito on Tuesday kicked off ceremonies for his abdication, the first in 200 years for the world's oldest monarchy.