Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition early Saturday rammed through legislation to bring more blue-collar foreign workers into the country, in a controversial move to address chronic labour shortages.
Twelve people -- including five hostages -- were killed in northeast Brazil on Friday after police foiled a gang of armed robbers staging simultaneous pre-dawn assaults on two banks in the town of Milagres, officials said.
Rain hampered play on day three of the opening Test before India took a 15-run lead in the first innings by bowling out Australia for 235 runs here on Saturday.
A one-and-half month-old baby died after it was vaccinated with pentavalent vaccine at Kadukottanahalli in Maddur taluk on Friday.
One of two crew members recovered after two US warplanes collided and crashed off Japan's coast early Thursday is dead and five others remain missing, the US military said.
Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy expressed his anger against the statement of Lok Sabha Member Pratap Simha during foundation laying programme for rehabilitation project on Friday.
Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy and Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwar laid foundation stone for constructing houses to rehabilitate the affected people in Kodagu natural disaster, at Jambur village in Somwarpet taluk in the district on Friday.
The political battle in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh is expected to go down to the wire with the exit polls predicting a hung assembly in both the states.
UN body on enforced disappearances has communicated to India on the case of one of the daughters of Dubai's ruler, who was allegedly abducted in March aboard a US-flagged yacht off the Indian coast while attempting to flee from the UAE.
The Supreme Court Friday issued notices to the Centre and Karnataka government seeking their responses on a plea challenging the validity of a new state law allowing buffalo race, Kambala, in the state.
