The Delhi High Court Friday acquitted former TV anchor and producer Suhaib Ilyasi in his wife's murder case.

A bench of Justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel allowed the appeal of Ilyasi challenging his conviction and life imprisonment for killing his wife, Anju, 18 years ago.

Search teams made desperate last-ditch efforts Friday to find survivors, a week on from Indonesia's devastating quake-tsunami, as the death toll from the disaster rose above 1,500.

Bantwal: The Vittla police arrested two persons in connection with a case of vandalizing Mother Velankani Temple and hoisting a saffron flag at Kuntrakala in Kolnadu. Now the number of detainees has gone up to four.

The BSE Sensex fell over 300 points Friday, extending its losing run for the third day, ahead of the RBI's bi-monthly policy meet outcome amid weak global cues.

A man was arrested on charges of arms smuggling and five hand grenades were seized from him, police said Friday.

Bangalore's newly-elected Deputy Mayor, Ramila Umashankar of the Janata Dal (Secular), died of a massive heart attack on Thursday night. She was 44 years old.

Food and Civil Supplies Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan said that based on the district administration report, the state government would construct the houses for the 1,174 families which lost their houses in the natural disaster.

The Cabinet on Thursday decided to release Rs 178 crore package for the coconut growers whose coconut plantations have become unproductive due to continuous drought in the state.