Ballia (UP): Thirty-four people admitted at a district hospital have died due to severe heat in the last 24 hours, health officials said on Friday.

Indore/Bhopal: Two officers, including a deputy commissioner of police, were on Friday removed from field posting within 24 hours of a lathi-charge on Bajrang Dal activists staging an anti-drug mafia protest at a busy intersection in Indore.

Bengaluru: Archbishop of Bengaluru diocese, Dr. Peter Machado on Thursday commended and welcomed the Karnataka government's move to repeal the Anti-Conversion law that was passed by the previous BJP government. Machado who also serves as the President of the Karnataka Region Catholic Bishops' Council and All Karnataka United Forum for Christian Human Rights, has expressed his appreciation on behalf of the entire Christian community in the state, read a press release.

Gurugram: A man with a mental condition made a hoax call saying there was a bomb in the Medanta Hospital here, police said on Friday.

Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka on Friday quashed a case against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar in relation to violation of Covid-19 restrictions, during the Mekedatu Padayatra in January 2022, when they were in opposition.

Chikkamagaluru (K'taka): BJP National General Secretary C T Ravi on Friday urged leaders of the community and pontiffs or heads of various maths across the state to convene a "Maha Panchayat" to "save Hindu society and the country".

Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka on Friday extended the stay on the FIR against Congress party leaders Rahul Gandhi, Jairam Ramesh and Supriya Shrinate till June 23, over the alleged copyright violation of music from the hit film 'KGF Chapter 2.'

Shivamogga: Rohit Chakratirtha, the former chairman of the Textbook Revision Committee, made controversial statements suggesting that Brahmins should emulate the global success of Jews. He expressed these views during a program organized by Vipra Sneha Balaga in Shivamogga, where he attended to felicitate Shivamogga MLA S.N. Channabasappa.