Former BJP leader and two-time Rajya Sabha member Chandan Mitra and four Congress lawmakers in West Bengal on Saturday joined Trinamool Congress at its Martyrs' Day rally here.

Gadag: The 38^th Farmer Martyrs’ Day observed in Naragund today. Farmer leader Kodihalli Chandrashekhar and Raita Sena President Veeresh Sobaradmath and other farmers garlanded the statue of martyr farmer Veerappa Kodlikoppa.

Baba Amarpuri, a Mahant at Baba Balaknath Temple in Fatehabad’s Tohana, was arrested by police on Friday after videos of him allegedly raping women surfaced online. As per reports, the 60-year-old is accused of raping at least 120 women. He has been sent to 5-day police remand. (’40 Men Took Turns to Rape me Over Four Days at Haryana Guest House’)

In yet another incident of militants targeting policemen and other personnel of the security forces, a trainee police constable was abducted from his home in south Kashmir's Kupwara district on Friday, the police said.

 Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz are unlikely to be transferred to the Sihala Rest House owing to its lack of proper security arrangements needed for the high-profile prisoners, media reports said on Saturday.

Mangaluru: The first batch of holy Haj pilgrims leaving from Mangaluru International Airport through Haj Committee of India has got flagged off today. State Haj and Wakf Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan flagged off the first batch at the Bajpe Ansar School Hall.

Nine of the 17 people who died when a tour boat sank in a Missouri lake in the US on Thursday were from the same family, according to the state's governor.

Governor Michael Parson said that he spoke to the woman who has also accused the boat's captain for putting the lives of the passengers in danger by suggesting "not to put on life jackets", the BBC reported.

The personal collection of US astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the Moon 49 years ago on July 20, will be auctioned by his family.

Containing over 2,000 items, the collection will go on sale in a series of three auctions with the first in November 2018 and other two in May and November 2019, Efe news quoted Dallas-based Heritage Auctions.