Bengaluru: The launch of India's second Moon mission, Chandrayaan-2, is planned for the middle of April this year, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K Sivan announced Friday.

Dubai: Taking a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday told Indian workers here that he wants to listen to their problems instead of telling his "Mann Ki Baat".

Mangaluru: The Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy in collaboration with Barry's Welfare Trust will organise the Kodage District Barry Conference on January 15 at Kaveri Hall in Madikeri.

DHARWAD: A KSRTC bus driver Shabbir Ahmed Mattewale accorded a grand felicitation by passengers and public for saving the lives of as many as 40 passengers here on Thursday.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday closed the case seeking action against US-based pharma major Johnson and Johnson for implanting faulty hip implants into patients here, saying that steps have been taken by the Centre to provide compensation upto Rs 1.22 crore to them.

Vijayapura: In a brutal incident, A 32-year-old was crushed to death with a boulder at Nidagundi in vijayapura district.

Sydney: Captain Virat Kohli on Friday said the Indian team doesn't stand by Hardik Pandya and K L Rahul for making "inappropriate" comments on women during a TV show but insisted that the controversy won't affect the dressing room morale.

New Delhi: Former CBI director Alok Verma, who was ousted from the agency by a high-powered selection committee Thursday, has said that he was transferred on the basis of "false, unsubstantiated and frivolous allegations" made by only one person, who was inimical to him.