Telugu poet Varavara Rao, accused of having Maoist links, was Saturday taken into custody by the Pune Police from Hyderabad in a case related to Elgar Parishad conclave, a senior official said here.
Senior writer, thinker, and critic Ramzan Darga said that there would be no other great text in the world if the scriptures of Sufi saints of Karnataka were translated into English.
A right-wing group has threatened to perform a puja inside the Taj Mahal, alleging that some Muslims have defied an Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) notification banning namaz except on Fridays.
Former Minister Janardhana Reddy, who has recently been released on bail in connection with the Ambident fraud case, visited BJP state President BS Yeddyurappa at the latter's residence today.
A CPI(M) leaders son and his journalist daughter-in law were attacked allegedly by protesters trying to enforce a shutdown near here Saturday, the police said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that India is looking forward to working closely with new Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih to strengthen bilateral relations with the strategic Indian Ocean island nation.
Shivamogga: A 40-year-old man has been arrested who allegedly bludgeoning his wife to death with a cooking gas cylinder on Saturday morning in Shivamogga.
Two Sabarimala pilgrims hailing from Tamil Nadu died and 10 others were injured when their vehicle overturned at Pullupara, bordering Kottayam-Idukki districts Saturday, the police said.
A fire broke out in the under-construction tallest tower of Kolkata on Saturday evening, but there was no report of any casualty, police said.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi Saturday promised to waive farm loans in Chhattisgarh within 10 days of assuming power in the state and said the money for it would come from the "likes of" Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Anil Ambani.
