The Supreme Court on Monday referred a plea by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa to a larger bench, deferring its verdict in the 2011 land de-notification case.

Bengaluru: An IAF officer was allegedly assaulted and verbally abused by a group of Kannada-speaking individuals who chased him on a bike in Bengaluru early Monday morning, police said.

New Delhi: Hitting out at BJP MP Nishikant Dubey for his "Muslim commissioner" barb, former chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi on Monday said he believes in an idea of India where an individual is defined by his contributions, and asserted that "for…

Mumbai: Rallying for the fifth day in a row, benchmark Sensex jumped 855 points to close above the 79,000 mark on heavy buying in banking and IT shares following strong quarterly results and foreign fund inflows.
 

Mumbai: "We need to see whether we are playing the right form of cricket," the struggling Chennai Super Kings' skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said, urging his teammates to do a bit of soul-searching with an eye on the bigger picture of creating a "secure eleven"…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, accused of cheating, and wrongly availing of OBC and disability quota benefits in the civil services examination, to appear before Delhi Police on May 2.
 

Kochi: A case has been registered against the organising committee of a football tournament following the accident in which a gallery collapsed near Kothamangalam, here, police said on Monday.
 

Lucknow: The Centre has written to the UK government seeking details about claims that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had British citizenship, the Allahabad High Court was told on Monday.
 

New Delhi: Calling it as sorry state of affairs, the Supreme Court on Monday rapped the Delhi government over the delay in the premature release of prisoners.
 

Gorakhpur: In a stark reminder of the gruesome murder of a former merchant navy officer in Meerut, a woman and her lover killed her husband who returned from Dubai 10 days ago, cut the body in two and stuffed it in a suitcase before dumping it in a field…

Mumbai: As three meetings between Sharad Pawar and his estranged nephew Ajit Pawar, who heads NCP, over a fortnight sparked speculation about their political reunion, Shiv Sena (UBT) on Monday said the uncle-nephew duo has already come together.
 

Kolkata: Skipper Shubman Gill sizzled with a 55-ball 90 as Gujarat Titans posted 198 for 3 against hosts Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL here on Monday.
 

Vatican City: Pope Francis, the Roman Catholic Church's first Latin American leader, died on Monday at the age of 88. His final public remarks, delivered on Easter Sunday, included a call for a ceasefire in Gaza, the release of hostages, and humanitarian…

Chennai: Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday asked Leader of Opposition Edappadi K Palaniswami if the AIADMK would tell the BJP that scrapping NEET is a pre-condition for it to continue in the NDA.
 

Bengaluru: Police probing former Karnataka DGP Om Prakash's murder case have arrested his wife Pallavi on a complaint by their son Kartikesh that he suspected that his mother and sister were involved in the murder.
 

New Delhi: Bomb threats were received at the sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) offices in Delhi’s Kapashera, Dwarka, and Najafgarh on Monday, which later turned out to be hoax, an official said.
 

Mumbai: Former Maharashtra MLA and NCP leader Zeeshan Siddique on Monday claimed he has received a death threat via emails warning he would be "killed the same way" as his father Baba Siddique if he didn't pay Rs 10 crore to a person claiming to be a 'D-company'…

Kolkata: Gujarat Titans' top order fired once again as the visitors defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 39 runs in the IPL here on Monday.
 

Jaipur: Unidentified miscreants murdered a woman by slitting her throat and stole her silver anklets after cutting off her legs in Rajasthan’s Sawaimadhopur district, police said on Monday.
 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said India deeply values its long and historic ties with Saudi Arabia, asserting that their relations have acquired a strategic depth and momentum in recent years.