Digital or e-rupee worth over Rs 130 crore is in circulation on a pilot basis as of February 28, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday.

Karnataka is a powerhouse of development and is contributing to the nation in so many sectors, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday, a day after his visit to the poll-bound state.

The UK Treasury and the Bank of England have "facilitated the sale" of Silicon Valley Bank UK to HSBC, ensuring the security of 6.7 billion pounds (USD 8.1 billion) of deposits.

Doddabelavangala police officers have taken into custody two men who had hidden chunks of meat in the garlands they had gotten to Sri Shanimahatme Temple in Kanasavadi on Saturday.

According to a high-ranking Singapore official, even though no backstory can justify Russia's attack on Ukraine, the Western powers cannot be considered as disinterested observers who played no part in the events leading up to the current crisis.

Senior BSP leader Uma Shankar Singh on Monday came out in support of Shaista Parveen, the wife of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed, and said the police's cash reward for information on her is an attempt "to divert attention" from its failure in solving the Umesh Pal murder case.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday hailed the teams behind the song "Naatu Naatu" and the Tamil documentary "The Elephant Whisperers" for their respective wins at the Oscars, saying the achievement have done India proud.

The Supreme Court on Monday said the Ministry of Defence cannot take law in its own hands by issuing communication on payment of One Rank-One Pension (OROP) arrears in four installments.