King Khan has won the 2023 TIME100 reader poll in which readers voted for the individuals they felt deserved a spot on Time's annual list of the most influential people. He received 4 percent of the 1.2 million votes cast by readers in the 2023 TIME100 poll. Iranian women who are protesting for their rights won second place.

Two girls, working as service representatives of a rural development scheme, died of severe stomachache at a private hospital here on Thursday, police sources said.

The Supreme Court has permitted SBI to file a rejoinder to the reply of Suman Vijay Gupta, a citizen of the Dominican Republic and chairperson of a Mumbai-based private company, who was stopped from travelling to the UAE because of a case in which she is accused of defrauding the bank of Rs 3,300 crore.

A photo of Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, Speaker of the Karnataka Assembly, holding a ‘secret meeting with rowdy-sheeter Fiaz Chowty alias Payya has gone viral on social media, giving rise to a furor.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said the BJP's State Election Committee has shortlisted three names per constituency for the May 10 Assembly polls and the Parliamentary Board will meet in New Delhi on April 8 to discuss and finalise the list of candidates.

The Bappanadu Shri Durgaparameshwari Temple of Mulki, which remained a major symbol of religious harmony in the region for more than eight centuries, is facing communal problems during the festivities this year too.

At least 64 express and passenger trains were cancelled on Friday owing to agitation by different Kurmi organisations blocking train tracks in the important Kharagpur-Tatanagar and Adra-Chandil sections of South Eastern Railway that have been continuing for three days, an SER official said.