Chikmagaluru: In an inebriated condition, a person clubbed his mother to death for a silly reason at Horatti village in the taluk on Thursday.
Mandsaur (MP): A local BJP leader was shot dead by an unidentified person in a busy area of the city Thursday evening, police said.
Madikeri: Heavy rain which battered Kodagu district in last August has proved that only nature has the capacity to establish universal brotherhood. People of all communities were affected in the natural disaster. They have lost everything including houses and agriculture land.
New Delhi: A 43-year-old man was arrested Thursday for allegedly killing a couple and critically injuring their son after stabbing them multiple times following a quarrel over a petty issue in west Delhi's Khyala area, police said.
Kundapura: A woman died when a lorry rammed to a scooter at Margolli Dargah near Basrur on Thursday evening.
Mumbai: Amid speculation that the BJP-led central government may introduce an income support scheme, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Thursday said food surpluses have caused both food prices and farmers' income to plunge, posing a policy challenge.
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said the mega opposition rally being hosted by her Trinamool Congress here on January 19 would sound the "death knell" for the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls and regional parties would be the deciding factor.
Mangaluru: Fire broke out in Manipalla hills in Kuppepadavu gram panchayat limits near Bajpe on Thursday and it has spread to more than 15 acres of forest area. The villagers have been fighting it out to douse the fire.
Mangaluru: In two separate incidents, the customs officials recovered gold worth Rs 27,56,436 from passengers at Mangaluru international airport on Thursday.