Continuing their coalition alliance in Karnataka, Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) together will fight the BJP in the ensuing by-elections to three Lok Sabha seats and two Assembly segments on November 3. ...
Anna Burns has become the first Northern Irish author to win the Man Booker prize, taking the £50,000 award for "Milkman", her timely, Troubles-set novel about a young woman being sexually harassed by a powerful man....
Saudi-led coalition involved in a war in Yemen on Tuesday announced the removal of more than 2,020 landmines from Yemeni territories. ...
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had denied any knowledge of the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi....
Actor Alencier Ley Lopez has been named by an upcoming actress for harassing her a few times. ...
Conservationist Nisha Bora on Tuesday accused Padma Bhushan recipient artist Jatin Das of sexually harassing her at his Khidki village studio in 2004, which Das refuted as "ridiculous and vulgar". ...

Earlier this month, Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul Allen announced that cancer he was last treated nine years ago had returned and he would aggressively fight it again. ...
A court in Haryanas Hisar town on Tuesday awarded life sentence to self-styled godman Rampal along with 14 others for the murder of six people. He has been in prison since November 2014....
Union Health and Family Welfare Minister J.P. Nadda on Tuesday assured Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje that the Centre would extend full support for curbing the spread of Zika virus in the state....
"This is not M.J. Akbar vs Priya Ramani, this is the Union of India vs Priya Ramani. He has access to a battery of powerful lawyers: There are 97 listed in the legal notice. She has, thus far, one," said Samar Halarnkar, Ramanis husband and a fellow journalist. ...