Mysuru (Karnataka),  Three persons have been detained in connection with the murder of retired Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer in Mysuru, police said on Monday.

The police were grilling the accused and the motive behind the murder was still being investigated.

The victim, former IB office

Mumbai,  On the evening of November 8, as the Earth's shadow envelopes its sole satellite for nearly one-and-half hours, the world will witness a thrilling and chilling spectacle of a 'Blood Moon' lunar eclipse, a prominent astronomer said here on Monday.

Coming exactly 14 days (two Tuesdays) after the

Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh),  He was abducted by the begging mafia six months ago. The gang gave him an injection that made him blind. They cut the fingers of his hand and foot and assaulted him to give injury marks - all this to make him a suitable beggar.

As his condition worsened and he could not even beg,

Lucknow,  Lucknow has reported 42 new dengue cases in the past 24 hours even as health teams inspected 2,547 houses to prevent mosquito breeding.

The fresh cases were reported from Indira Nagar (4), Aishbagh (4), Chandarnagar (4), N K Road (5), Chinhat (4), Tudiyaganj (4) and Malihabad (3).

Srinagar,  Is former senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad dangling an olive branch to the Congress from whose basic membership he resigned on August 26 this year?

Azad subsequently formed his own political party, Democratic Azad Party which he said would contest the forthcoming assembly elections in J

Gurugram, Four doctors of a private hospital here have been booked for their alleged negligence of duties that eventually led to the death of a 22-year-old UK citizen who was hospitalised in a critical condition after an accident, officials said on Sunday.

Amit Kataria, a citizen of the UK, hailed from Chandi

Tirupati,  Sri Venkateswara temple at Tirumala, the world's richest Hindu temple, owns assets of over Rs 2.5 lakh crore including 10.25 tonnes of gold.

The assets of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), which governs the affairs of the ancient hill shrine, includes land parcels, buildings, cash and

Bhopal,  With liquor increasingly becoming a political issue in Madhya Pradesh, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state is likely to face a tough time as more than the Opposition, the members of the saffron camp are sounding more critical of the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led government on the matter.