New Delhi: BJP MP and Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Anant Kumar Hegde on Friday praised Yogi Adityanath led UP Government for demolishing Urdu Gate in Rampur on Wednesday.

Islamabad: Krishna Kumari Kohli, Pakistan's first female senator from the Hindu Dalit community, on Friday chaired the session of the Upper House of Parliament on occasion of International Women's Day.

Jaipur: A MiG-21 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Rajasthan's Bikaner district on Friday with the pilot ejecting safely, a defence ministry spokesperson said.

Ranchi: As a mark of respect for the CRPF personnel who lost their lives in the Pulwama terrorist attack, the Indian cricketers Friday sported special Army caps during the third ODI against Australia and donated their match fee to the National Defence Fund.

Bengaluru: HD Revanna on Friday questioned the credibility of actress Sumalatha Ambareesh to challenge the CM of the state HD Kumaraswamy. His comments came during an interview with a private channel when he was replying to a question if JDS was doing family politics in the wake of Nikhil Kumarswamy contesting from Mandya constituency.

Bengaluru: BJP MP Pratap Simha from Mysuru Kodagu constituency Pratap Simha was on Friday sent to police custody by the court in the defamation case filed by actor turned activist Prakash Raj here in Bengaluru.

Bengaluru: Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, appointed by the Supreme Court as a member of a panel to mediate the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case, on Friday said everybody must move together to end long-standing conflicts.

Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party on Friday released a list of six candidates for the Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh, fielding party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav from its stronghold Mainpuri.