According to several media reports, the shooting took place at a Jehova's Witness center on the Deelboge street.
Meet these Inspiring Lady Soldiers who made history this year.
Police and troops stepped up security on Sunday ahead of next week's traditional Sinhala and Tamil New Year.
CDs of home cinemas, produced on shoestring budgets and mostly dealing with social and emotional issues, now have a wide audience in the northern districts of Kozhikode, Malappuram, Kannur, Palakkad and Kasaragod.
An Indiana court is expected to announce the judgment in the case involving Vikram Buddhi, a former PhD student at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, on Friday.
Bringing back memories of the tragic death of Phillip Hughes in November last, an Australian cricketer Daniel Hughes was left unconscious briefly after being hit by an almost identical bouncer on his neck during a first grade match but fortunately escaped unscathed, local media reported.
Federal Judge James Carr in the Northern District of Ohio sentenced Khaleel Ahmed to eight years, four months and his cousin Zubair Ahmed to 10 years in prison. The two had pleaded guilty in January 2009 to conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists.
Temperatures remained above 45 degrees Celsius in large parts of Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, Chandigarh and Uttar Pradesh, affecting daily life as many chose to remain indoors in the afternoon.
New Zealand opening batsman Jesse Ryder has vented his anger on the micro-blogging site Twitter after being run out in a mix-up with team-mate Stephen Murdoch during the provincial One-day cricket match.
The study said fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) shortens an average Indian's life expectancy by 5.3 years, relative to what it would be if the 5 g/m3 pollution limit set by (WHO) was met.
In respect of all other charges relating to the Mumbai attack, Headley is the only accused. No one else has been cited as co-accused.
The threshold for a heat wave is met when the maximum temperature of a weather station reaches at least 40 degrees Celsius in the plains, 37 degrees in coastal areas, and 30 degrees in hilly regions, and the departure from normal is at least 4.5 notches.
An Army helicopter crashed in a forested area in Jammu and Kashmir Kishtwar district on Thursday, officials said.
Even as the Supreme Court's five-judge Constitution bench on Tuesday refused to grant legal recognition to same-sex marriages, there are 34 countries where marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognised with the most recent country being Andorra.
Incessant showers caused landslides and floods in various parts of the country leaving at least 17 people dead on Wednesday while thousands more were forced to move to safety as rivers swelled and water reservoirs filled up fast.
'Gehlot made it a Modi versus Gehlot contest. It was for the first time in a northern Indian state where the prime minister had to confront a chief minister.'
The 29-year-old played 11 Tests and two one-day internationals for New Zealand.
Where do Vijay and his TVK expect to get their votes from? Vijay has a huge fan following among women, but will they automatically become his voters like they had done for MGR's AIADMK, asks N Sathiya Moorthy.
An Indian-American man has been sentenced by a US court to 12 years in jail and ordered to pay $68 million for his involvement in an elaborate Internet scam that obtained a whopping $200 million by illegally selling addictive medicines to cyber customers and drug users.
A US judge has dismissed much of a lawsuit by soccer players and parents seeking to force FIFA and other governing bodies to change the sport's rules to limit the risk of concussions and other head injuries, especially for children.
New Zealand was not the first-choice venue for Andrew Strauss to relaunch his England career after he was banished to the wilderness two years ago.
Eight Union ministers, two former chief ministers and one ex-governor are among those who are set to test their electoral fate in the first phase of elections on April 19 when 102 seats across 21 states and Union territories will go to polls.
Wednesday's Vikravandi by-election has become a referendum on the Stalin government, notes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Two of the people arrested are mafia members who are "wanted on a number of murders" in India.
'Although the nature of the injuries is minor, he had been treated in an underground facility in a secret location in the Wanni by the LTTE's Thileepan Medical Unit, the official emergency care unit of the LTTE,' the Nation newspaper reported quoting sources.
The delegation also interacted with the workers and told them not to believe in rumours and fake videos.
The PMK may join the Jayalalitha led front for the forthcoming elections, after the DMK snapped ties with them.
The elite Special Forces attacked LTTE formations in the northern district of Vavuniya on Saturday, killing 11 in one place and two in another.
Security forces found two bodies from the Gadole forest area in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district on the sixth day of an anti-terror operation on Monday even as Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha vowed to avenge the death of three officers and a soldier, who were killed by terrorists in an encounter.
State health minister Veena George said a meeting was held between the principal secretary of the health department and the Union health ministry earlier in the day and now the monoclonal antibody has arrived.
Englishman Andy Moles pledged to develop a young and inexperienced New Zealand team after being named as coach on Tuesday. He said he would not accept excuses for underperformance.
If Tamil Nadu voters preferred the DMK combine, it owed to the Modi-Annamalai combo's ideological battle which often crossed the line of political decency and also challenged 'Tamil pride', argues N Sathiya Moorthy.
Three civilians picked up by the Army for questioning after the terrorist ambushed two Army vehicles on Thursday at Dhatyar Morh between Dhera Ki Gali and Buffliaz in Poonch were found dead on December 23.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Arunachal Pradesh on April 10 and 11 where he will launch the 'Vibrant Villages Programme' in Kibithoo, a village along the India-China border.
United States President-elect Joe Biden on Monday named two Indian Americans -- Reema Shah and Neha Gupta -- to the Office of the White House Counsel.
Neelima Tirumalasetti, a victim of outsourcing, will continue her fight even though a US court has ruled in favour of her former employer.
Andrew Strauss and Kevin Pietersen both scored half centuries to inch England into a slight second-innings lead against a New Zealand Selection XI on the second day of their tour match in Dunedin on Friday. Strauss, who was dropped from the England side and took up a short-term contract with New Zealand first-class side Northern Districts to play himself back into form, was 55 not out with his team 155 for three when bad light forced players off the field.
Andhra Pradesh had not so far approached Tamil Nadu with any proposal and has not furnished any information on the project as required.
Chaudhary Charan Singh, who on Friday was conferred with India's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna, is popularly known as a champion of farmers.
