The Odisha unit of the Congress on Thursday said that the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) supported the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate for the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson's post in fear of a CBI inquiry into the chit fund scam.

An anonymous letter has triggered a war words between Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) ombudsman Ushanath Banerjee and state board President Sourav Ganguly over alleged conflict of interest of selectors Palash Nandy and Madan Ghosh.

Any damage caused to currency notes and coins by tearing, burning, writing and drawing lines on them will be a crime in Nepal as per a new law coming into force from August 17.

Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwar said that KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao has clarified that the Congress would fight the local bodies elections independently without having alliance with any other political parties.

 Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly, Vijender Gupta on Thursday urged the police to file an FIR against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and three other AAP ministers for "forcible occupation" of the Lt. Governor's (LG) Office in June.

The body of an engineer hailed from Mangaluru who slipped into the Bhadra river at Ambathirtha near Kalasa town and was missing recently, was found at Magundi in NR Pura taluk on Thursday.

The state government has transferred Udupi Additional Deputy Commissioner G Anuradha from immediate effect.

SIT officials have taken two persons from Padubidri into their custody in related to Gauri Lankesh murder case on Thursday morning, police sources said.