A day after actress-producer Priyanka Chopra got a notice from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for an illegal construction, her mother Madhu Chopra's spokesperson said on Wednesday the "the required appropriate measures" were being taken.

The Dubai Municipality has honoured a 10-year-old Indian expat who turned his love for the World Cup into an innovative way to reduce plastic bag waste.

Disturbed by problems in his love-life, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) leader Atul Lokhande shot himself on Tuesday night, police said.

Over the last few days, eight people have been lynched over suspicion of being child traffickers. This suspicion and paranoia among the people have been created by fake WhatsApp forwards. While not much progress has been made to curb this menace of fake news, Kannur district in Kerala has taken a very appreciable step in this direction.

A Japanese tourist died while climbing the Uluru mountain in Australia, one of the country's most iconic and sacred sites, authorities said on Wednesday.

Many rivers in Uttar Pradesh are in spate following heavy rains in the past 48-hours. Rivers Ghaghra and Saryu are flowing much above normal level while Rapti has breached the danger-mark severing connectivity in parts of Gonda district, an official said on Wednesday.

Bengaluru: AICC President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday appointed senior party leader Dinesh Gundu Rao the head of its state unit.

US-based digital photography company and camera-maker Light is prototyping a smartphone with five to nine cameras that could be capable of capturing a 64MP image, the media reported.