External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar spoke to his Iranian counterpart Seyed Abbas Araghchi – their fourth such conversation since the West Asia crisis erupted – as New Delhi intensifies efforts to secure safe passage for over two dozen Indian-flagged merchant vessels currently stationed on either side of the Strait of Hormuz.

Amid the West Asia crisis and rumours of LPG shortage, a team from the food supplies department found 57 cylinders stocked illegally at a gas agency in Pimpri Chinchwad in Pune on Friday, an official said.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Friday challenged the opposition BJP to officially take a stand as a party against the five guarantee schemes, and to formally make a statement in the Legislative Assembly asking the government to withdraw them.

Karnataka Infrastructure Development Minister M B Patil on Friday said that the state government is formulating a civil aviation policy of its own, covering various aspects of the sector.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said he will be in politics till his "last breath", and will continue to serve the people as much as he can. 

The US military on Friday said all six airmen aboard a refuelling aircraft that went down in Iraq are dead.

Three persons were killed and another seriously injured in a collision between a car and a KSRTC bus on Friday in Dakshina Kannada district, police said.

Karnataka Food and Civil Supplies Minister K H Muniyappa told the Legislative Council on Friday that supplying commercial cylinders to hotels or restaurants will be difficult for about a week or ten days because there is no stock.