Mumbai: Stock markets closed higher for a fourth consecutive day on Monday driven by gains in banking and financial shares and a rally in global markets.

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday lauded the Election Commission's (EC) reported decision to share the electoral-roll data for Haryana and Maharashtra as "a good first step" and urged the poll body to announce the exact date by which the data will be handed over in a digital, machine-readable format.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Monday restrained officials from taking any coercive action against RCB and event partner DNA Entertainment Pvt Ltd till June 12, in the stampede incident near M Chinnaswamy Stadium that killed 11 people.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Monday said that a proposal will soon be submitted to the government to include Tumakuru under the Greater Bengaluru Authority.

Bengaluru: The Congress High Command has reportedly temporarily halted, at the last minute, the nomination of four people whose names were recommended for the four vacant seats in the Karnataka Legislative Council.

The Supreme Court had initiated steps to launch an in-house inquiry against Allahabad High Court judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav for his controversial speech at a Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) event in 2024, but dropped the plan following a formal intervention from the Rajya Sabha secretariat, which asserted exclusive jurisdiction over the matter.

Indore: As the investigation into Sonam Raghuvanshi’s disappearance and her husband Raja Raghuvanshi’s murder unfolded, extremist groups and media outlets like OpIndia spread false claims that Sonam had been trafficked to Bangladesh. These baseless allegations sought to stir communal hatred against the indigenous communities of Northeast India. However, official police findings have thoroughly disproved these narratives.

New Delhi: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Monday said the state has learnt lessons from the recent stampede and is considering bringing in an act to manage future public gatherings.