Rampur (UP) (PTI): Two suspected cattle smugglers were arrested following an encounter with police personnel here, officials said on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court judgment on the legality of same-sex marriage elicited mixed responses from LGBTQ activists, with one section hailing parts of the Constitution Bench's order, while others expressing dissatisfaction as it did not legalise same-gender weddings.

Four workers were killed on Tuesday and five others injured when a building housing a soap-making unit collapsed after an explosion, officials said.

A 31-year-old man from Poojanje in Nooralbettu village of the taluk reportedly collapsed suddenly and died, while having tea at his relatives' house on Monday.

The City Police, during investigation of two separate cases booked at Bajpe Police Station in the city against betting during cricket matches, arrested four men and confiscated the mobile phones used for betting purposes and the money in their possession.

The Karnataka BJP on Tuesday staged a demonstration here demanding a CBI investigation into the recovery of huge amounts of cash in the recent I-T raids in Karnataka and some other states.

Former Prime Minister and JD(S) patriarch H D Deve Gowda who was conferred a honorary doctorate by the Bangalore University on Tuesday said he wants to be remembered as a man who fought to the best of his ability to secure water rights for his people.

Former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has undergone a coronary artery bypass surgery, and is recovering at a private hospital here, sources close to him said.