New Delhi: Union Minister Piyush Goyal has turned down the Karnataka government's request to supply rice for implementation of a poll promise of free rice distribution citing a lack of stock, state Food Minister K H Muniyappa said on Friday.

New Delhi: Delhi's primary weather station, the Safdarjung Observatory, has not experienced any heatwave this summer season. In fact, it is expected that there will be no heatwave until the end of June.

New Delhi, Jun 23: The government on Friday eased norms for the export of certain categories of drones, meant for civilian-end uses, with a view to facilitating the outbound shipments of high-tech items.

Jamnagar: Three persons including a woman and a four-year-old boy died after a three-storey residential building collapsed in Jamnagar city of Gujarat on Friday evening, officials said.

New Delhi: The AAP on Friday said any alliance with the Congress will be "very difficult" after its war of words with the grand old party over the contentious Delhi ordinance issue, at an opposition unity meeting in Bihar.

Bengaluru: Former Minister V Somanna who lost the Assembly election against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Varuna constituency, on Friday appealed to the party leadership to make him the state president of the BJP.

Assam: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stirred controversy on Friday with a remark following former US President Barack Obama's recent comments on the protection of Muslims in India. Sarma claimed that there are many "Hussain Obamas" in the country and stated that the state police would act according to its priorities. The opposition criticized the Assam Chief Minister's statement.

Bengaluru: Kannada film actor B Shyamala Devi has filed a complaint against her son and daughter-in-law alleging assault and torture.