Thiruvananthapuram: Hours after senior politician P C George, arrested by the police following cancellation of his bail in connection with a hate speech case, was sent to judicial remand by a magisterial court here on Thursday, the Kerala High Court asked the state what was the purpose of keeping him in custody if police had recordings of the speeches made by him.

Varanasi: A district court, which on Thursday heard arguments of Muslim side on the maintainability of the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex case, fixed May 30 as the next date of hearing in the case.

Bengaluru: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Thursday hinted at a grand opposition alliance saying that there will be sensational news in the next two to three months regarding such a front.

Karwar: Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Thursday ruled out any "political relationship" between his party and the JD(S) either during the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls or the 2023 Assembly elections in Karnataka.

Jaipur: A 12-year-old boy, who fell into a 250-foot-deep borewell in Rajasthan's Jalore district, was rescued on Thursday, police said.

Budaun (UP): A 17-year-old boy held for posting objectionable pictures of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was asked to clean a cow shelter and a public place for 15 days each as punishment by the Juvenile Justice Board.

Bengaluru: As many as seven people, including the principal of a school, a journalist, and four teachers in Magadi Taluk of Ramanagara district of Karnataka, have been detained on the charge of leaking question papers of the recently concluded 10th standard examination, police sources said.

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Thursday morning left for Bengaluru, just hours ahead of the arrival of Prime Minister Narendra Modi here.