India crumbled in the face of Australia's remarkable metamorphosis and crashed to a 146-run defeat in the second Test here Tuesday, surrendering a rare hard-earned ascendancy in a series Down Under.

 The death toll in the blaze at a Mumbai hospital Tuesday rose to eight, with two more persons succumbing to injuries overnight, civic officials said.

Malpe: A skirmish between two labourers ended up in the murder of one in a fishing boat on December 16 at Baputhota Dakke in Malpe Harbour. The victim has been identified as Preetham (24) of Orissa. However, accused Maruti (40) from Koppal is escaped. Both of them were working as labourers at a boat belonging to Dattaraj of Katapadi Kote village.

The BJP has declared a total income of Rs 1,027.34 crore during financial year 2017-18 and spent 74 per cent (Rs 758.47 cr) of it, according to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

Mangaluru: “How could we expect that our women would get their rights in a country where the statue of Manu, who had harsh stands against women, was placed in the High Court and we have a prime minister who considered Golwalkar, who had conservative stand against women, as his Guru”, asked senior advocate Indira Jaising.

Bengaluru: Lanchamukta Karnataka Nirmana Vedike president Ravi Krishna Reddy alleged that main accused in Ambident cheating case Syed Fareed has given Rs 30 crore bribe to some CCB officials to cover-up the case.

Hanur: The death toll in the food poison incident at Kichchu Guti Maramma temple at Sulvadi in the taluk happened on December 14, rose to 15 on Monday, with another woman succumbed to the incident at JSS Hospital in Mysuru.

Haliyala: Four persons of a family who have been to Kali River for washing clothes drowned in the river and died at Bommanahalli in the taluk on Monday.