Over 180 Indian companies were victims of "ransomware" -- or online extortion schemes -- in the first six months of this year, a report said on Tuesday....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who last week promised he would visit Gujarat more often, will celebrate his birthday here on September 17 -- the first of several visits planned to the state that will hold elections next year. ...

More than three years after a Delhi nurse, Preeti Rathi, died following an acid attack, a Special Women's Court on Tuesday convicted her obsessed neighbour Ankur Narayanlal Panwar for murder. ...
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of bias towards the rich as he began a 2,500-km 'Kisan Yatra' in election-bound Uttar Pradesh. ...
The Bangladesh Police on Tuesday cordoned off a multi-storey building at Dhaka's upmarket Gulshan area, after reports that some youths forcibly entered a showroom here....

Positive global cues and recovery in crude oil prices pushed the Indian equity markets higher during the mid-afternoon session on Tuesday....
The VHP won't launch any agitation to build a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya till assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh get over next year, its leader Pravin Togadia said on Tuesday....

Even as the Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore remains the country's top university, its global ranking has dropped two notches to 152 in the latest QS World University Rankings 2016-17 released on Tuesday. ...
Ahead of the World Suicide Prevention Day which falls on September 10, social networking giant Facebook has joined hands with support service Samaritans to launch a series of suicide prevention tools....
A new generation of pro-democracy activists has won seats on Hong Kong's Legislative Council (LegCo). ...