Around two people have been killed after protests in Karnataka over the publication of a translated version of Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen’s article in a Kannada daily turned violent Monday, police said.
Curfew has been clamped in Shimoga city, about 280 km from Bangalore, and prohibitory orders imposed in Hassan district, around 200 km from Bangalore, [...]

Shivendra Singh of Indian Hockey team has been suspended for three matches for hitting Pakistan’s Fareed Ahmed at the men’s field hockey World Cup.
Tournament Director Ken Read said Monday he noticed Singh’s actions on video after the conclusion of Sunday’s Pool B match, won 4-1 by India over Pakistan.
The director further said that Singh “lifted [...]

The Shimla Police has on Sunday arrested Gaurav Verma, a student of IIT-Roorkee, for the murder of IIT-Delhi girl Pragati Tibberwal. The police said after the murder, Verma – who is from Manikapur in Gonda, Uttar Pradesh – had attempted suicide twice.
The two had reached Shimla early on Friday morning and checked in at Hotel [...]