Colombo: Armed police and sniffer dogs guarded mosques in Sri Lanka as Muslims trickled to Friday prayers, with many staying away over fears of revenge attacks after the island's Easter suicide blasts.
Bantwal: In a tragic road accident two senior citizen women died in a tragic road accident when their car collided with a KSRTC head-on on Friday afternoon near Panemangalore NH 66 here at B C Road. Two other people have reportedly sustained severe injuries in the accident.
New Delhi: A former apex court employee, who levelled allegations of sexual harassment against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, appeared on Friday before the in-house inquiry panel which is dealing with her complaint.
Vladivostok: Kim Jong Un has accused the US of acting in "bad faith" in talks on its nuclear arsenal, North Korean state media said Friday as he left Russia following his first summit with President Vladimir Putin.
Mangaluru: Dr. Alok Kumar Srivastava, CFTRI Scientist on Friday said that with sustainable crops the soil fertility and nutrition in crops will increase. He was addressing the inaugural session of International Conference on “Sustainable Urban Development, Resource Conservation and Food Security” ‘Surf- 19’ organised by Bearys Institute of Technology (BIT) and Bearys Enviro-Architecture Design School (BEADS) at Bearys Knowledge Campus here in Mangaluru.
A Delhi court on Friday directed the police to file an action taken report on a plea seeking registration of FIR against Congress President Rahul for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2016.
Jaipur: Congress leader Sam Pitroda Friday said it was Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's own decision not to contest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat.
A naval officer was killed in fire fighting efforts on board aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya on Friday. The fire was reported Friday morning when the ship was entering harbour in Karwar in Karnataka.
A Bangladeshi activist, who rescued dozens of people during the infamous 2013 Rana Plaza disaster that killed over 1,100 people, has committed suicide by setting himself ablaze after pouring kerosene, police said Friday.
Colombo: Sri Lankan extremist Zahran Hashim, said to be the top leader of an IS linked local militant group that carried out the Easter Sunday bombings, died in the blast at the Shangri-La hotel, President Maithripala Sirisena said Friday.
