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Kochi, Nov 22: A senior official of the Kerala High Court N Jayasree was found dead inside her house near here Thursday morning, the police said. The body of the the 55-year-old Registrar (Judicial) was found hanging inside her house this morning by her husband, they said. The death occurred between 1am-6 am, police said. Jayasree is the first woman to have been appointed to the post in the state

Hyderabad, Nov 22: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has net assets worth Rs 2.99 crore while his three-year-old grandson Nara Devaansh is richer with assets worth Rs 18.71 crore in his name. Naidu's son and state Information Technology Minister Nara Lokesh declared the family's assets at a press conference on November 21. Lokesh's assets shot up to Rs 21.40 crore from Rs 15.21

United Kingdom, Nov 22: Fugitive Indian businessman Vijay Mallya on Thursday faced a major setback in his battle to save his luxurious London house from foreclosure by Swiss bank UBS after the United Kingdom (UK) High Court rejected scores of the arguments presented by his legal team during the trial of the matter. The judicature has issued an order asking Mallya to pay a hefty amount of £88,000

Hyderabad, Nov 22: Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief and Telangana caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Wednesday said that "both Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress are brothers who cannot be believed". Addressing a public meeting at Devarakonda, Rao, who is commonly known as KCR also announced that he will enter into the national politics after the Telangana polls. He also

Bhopal, Nov 22: A video purportedly showing Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath asking Muslim leaders to ensure as much as 90 per cent voting for his party from Muslim-dominated areas has gone viral ahead of the November 28 Assembly election in the state. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has launched an attack against the main opposition party over the issue, saying it only cared for

New Delhi, Nov 22: A jobless 20-year-old man has confessed to raping and killing at least nine girls aged between three and seven in Delhi, the capital, and three other cities over the past two years, police said on Wednesday. The case spotlights the number of young children who go missing every year in the country and raises the question of whether the police have sufficient resources to

Srinagar, Nov 21: The PDP, National Conference and Congress have agreed to join hands to form a new government in Jammu and Kashmir, senior PDP leader Altaf Bukhari said here on Wednesday. The businessman-turned-politician said around 60 MLAs were supporting the proposed alliance in the 87-member House. "The leaders have agreed to form an alliance. The PDP, NC, Congress at the leadership level

Dubai, Nov 21: As many as 85,000 infants under the age of five may have died from starvation or disease since 2015 in war-ravaged Yemen, humanitarian organisation Save the Children said on Wednesday. It said the estimate was based on data compiled by the United Nations, which has warned that up to 14 million people are at risk of famine in Yemen, where Saudi-backed forces are battling Iran-aligned

Mumbai, Nov 21: Changes in regulatory landscape are making it unviable to operate ATMs, and may lead to the closure of half of the 2.38 lakh machines in the country by March 2019, the Confederation of ATM Industry (CATMi) warned on Wednesday. Closure of the ATMs will impact thousands of jobs and also the financial inclusion efforts of the government, the industry body said in a statement. "Service

Ahmedabad, Nov 21: Four persons were injured and some shops and vehicles were set on fire during a clash between members of two communities at Matar town in Gujarat's Kheda district Tuesday, the police said Wednesday. The trigger behind the last night's skirmish was planting of a flag for Wednesday's Eid Milad celebrations. The incident occurred when activists of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP)