With voices emerging from within the party that ministers in the cabinet should be replaced with fresh faces after a while, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Tuesday said he was ready to resign if the Congress party leadership asks him to do so.

Shiv Sena activists on their way towards Belagavi to participate in the 'black day' event by Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES), on the occasion of Karnataka formation day, were prevented entry by the police at the border between the two states on Wednesday.

England all-rounder David Willey on Wednesday announced that he will retire from international cricket after the end of the ongoing World Cup and insisted that his team's underwhelming performance in the showpiece has not influenced his decision.

A man who attacked an elderly Sikh person during a car accident in New York, repeatedly calling him "turban man" and fatally beating him has been charged with manslaughter and assault as hate crimes, prosecutors said.

City police apprehended several members of a group on Wednesday as they attempted to hoist the flag representing their movement 'Kalyana Karnataka Pratyeka Rajya' at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Circle of Kalaburagi city, on the occasion of Kannada Rajyotsava.

Pro-Kannada activist Bhyrappa Harish Kumar has lodged a formal complaint against self-proclaimed cow vigilante Puneeth Kerehalli at the Sampige Nagar Police Station. Kumar has accused Kerehalli of defamation, including the use of derogatory caste-based terms against him, and issuing threats to his family.

The Beed administration on Wednesday morning lifted curfew imposed in parts of the district after violence during the Maratha quota agitation on Monday, officials said.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand to cooperate with the Gujarat Police in connection with a case filed against them over alleged misappropriation of funds.