Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday approved the revision of Kannada and Social Science textbooks of class six to ten in the state, for the current academic year by removing the chapters on RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar and Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar among others.

Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy called the BJP leaders a confused lot making haphazard statements, mocking the recent outburst by BJP MP Pratap Simha and former MLA CT Ravi alleging that there was a compromise between the BJP and the Congress.

A day after Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah accused the central government of trying to scuttle his administration's free rice scheme for the poor, senior BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday hit back alleging that he was making "lame excuses" and indulging in "conspiracy politics" by putting the blame on the Centre.

The Karnataka government has decided to scrap the law prohibiting religious conversion, introduced by the preceding BJP government in the state in 2022, with the proposal to withdraw being passed by State Cabinet on Thursday.

As Gujarat prepares for the Cyclone Biparjoy, Sultan Al-Neyadi, a UAE astronaut, shared photographs of the formation of the extremely severe cyclonic storm from space on Thursday. He posted a series of images on Twitter showcasing the cyclone over the Arabian Sea which he captured from the International Space Station.

The City Police has provided a new facility for the people, allowing them to submit their complaints to police through WhatsApp also, henceforth.

The High Court of Karnataka has orally warned Facebook (Meta) that it may order its operations in India to be shut down if it does not cooperate with police investigation over a fake profile.

A fire broke out at a coaching institute in northwest Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar area on Thursday, Delhi Fire Service officials said.