Mumbai: Three years after he teamed up with Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar in an overnight coup to form the government in Maharashtra, deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said the exercise had NCP chief Sharad Pawar's backing.

Udupi: A 71-year-old lady on Monday died after she accidentally applied rat poison to betel nut (supari) believing it to be lime. The incident was reported from Gangolli in Kundapur Taluk here in Udupi District.

Kolar: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly, Siddaramaiah on Monday inaugurated the election war room in the Kolar assembly constituency.

Mangaluru: Sri Rama Sene chief Pramod Muthalik, who is tipped to contest upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections from Karkala segment in Udupi, on Monday said a majority of cases registered against him were during the BJP rule in the State.

Vijayapura: A headmaster of a government higher primary school in Sindagi, committed suicide by hanging himself at the premises of Tahsildar’s office here on late Sunday night.

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad has arrested five persons for allegedly hatching a conspiracy to extort Rs 8 crore from a retired Indian Police Service officer by preparing and circulating a false affidavit to claim he had raped a woman, an official said on Monday.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on 10th Friday 2023 , shared a video on twitter bragging about “10 lane” advanced infrastructural development in his state, which became a subject of humour to the public as only 6 lane was spotted on the video.

Colombo: Sri Lanka on Monday dismissed as a "joke" a top Tamil nationalist leader's claim that LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran, who was killed in 2009 by the island nation's military, was still alive.