42 cases of paid news were detected and over Rs 21 crore in cash and liquor worth Rs 7.79 crore seized during Karnataka Assembly elections, the Election Commission said here on Sunday.

Holding that prima facie a news channel had telecast defamatory allegations against actor Salman Khan, the Bombay High Court restrained it from telecasting such items. Justice S J Kathawalla was hearing a suit filed by Salman seeking a written apology from ABP News channel for telecasting a news item allegedly defamatory to the actor.

Probing alleged irregularities in funds invested by the DE Shaw Group in India, the Enforcement Directorate has sought details about all the investments made or proposed by the US-based private equity major so far in the country.

The news of the rape of a five-year-old girl, who is now battling for life, has left Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan numb. He says people who indulge in such heinous crimes should be exposed in public for proper justice.

Election Officers would keep a hawk-eyed vigil on ‘paid news’ in the run-up to the May 5 Karnataka Assembly polls.

Troubled Actress Lindsay Lohan has thrown Internet gossips into a spin by tweeting that she is pregnant.The 26-year-old's message on the micro-blogging site Twitter was posted on April 1, suggesting the actress could be playing a April Fools' Day joke, reported a website.

Expelled Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh was  admitted to a Dubai hospital on Monday after he fainted at the airport there.

A crab-eating monkey, also known as a long-tail monkey in Japan, has successfully given birth after having its uterus removed and reimplanted. The research team said that it was the first case in which a primate gave birth after having its uterus reimplanted, the Japan Times reported.

A real estate agency has offered its employees a fatter paycheque if they get themselves tattooed with the company's logo. According to a daily, Rapid Realty has offered its 800 workers a 15 percent pay raise in exchange for permanent show of company loyalty, a website reported.

A high school in Washington is courting controversy after the students anonymously started May Madness - a competition that pits female students against each other in a bracket to determine who is the "hottest."