Bengaluru,Dec 20: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and JD-S leader H D Kumaraswamy on Sunday ruled out merger of his party with the ruling BJP.

Panaji, Dec 20: With the Karnataka Assembly passing an anti-cattle slaughter Bill earlier this month, meat traders and residents of neighbouring Goa are feeling the pinch ahead of Christmas.

New Delhi, Dec 20: Privatisation of Air India may spill into next fiscal year as the divestment process is unlikely to conclude in the remaining a little over three months of 2020-21, an official said.

Bidadi, Dec 20: Agitating workers of Toyota- Kirloskar Motor Company (TKM) here have decided to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and submit a memorandum appealing for his intervention to solve the unrest.

Mangaluru, Dec 20: Senior RSS leader and industrialist Manjeshwara Padmanabha Kamath died at his residence on Sunday. He was 94.

New Delhi, Dec 20: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has moved the Supreme Court against a Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) order to authorise postgraduate practitioners in specified streams of Ayurveda system of medicine to be trained to perform general surgical procedures.

Kabul, Dec 20: A car bombing in Kabul targeting an Afghan lawmaker killed at least nine people, officials said.

Hyderabad, Dec 20: One of the splendid celestial phenomena 'Jupiter in Conjunction with Saturn' will occur at 11.51 PM on Monday.

Dubai, Dec 20: Despite the defeat in the first Test, India skipper Virat Kohli managed to fractionally close the gap on Australia's Steve Smith at the top of the ICC Men's Test Batting Rankings from 25 points to 13 points.

Mumbai, Dec 20: Right-arm India fast bowler Mohammed Shami is likely to miss the remaining three Tests of the ongoing four-match series against Australia after scans on his bowling hand revealed hairline fracture, it has been learnt.