Bengaluru, Feb 14: Glowing tributes were paid to eminent playback singer and Bharat Ratna awardee Lata Mangeshkar, who passed away recently, along with others in the Karnataka assembly on Monday.
Guwahati: Assam BJP Yuva Morcha on Monday claimed that its activists have filed more than 1,000 complaints against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at various police stations in the state over one of his tweets.
Bengaluru: Karnataka on Monday reported 1,568 new cases of COVID-19 and 25 fatalities, taking the tally to 39,28,237 and death toll to 39,665.
Kochi: Actor Dileep on Monday moved the Kerala High Court seeking quashing of the FIR, which accuses him and others of conspiring to kill and threaten officials probing the 2017 actress assault, or in the alternative transfer the probe in the matter to the CBI.
Patna: Downplaying the ongoing hijab (headscarf) controversy in Karnataka, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said it is not an issue in his state where religious sentiments are respected.
Bengaluru: Congress legislators in Karnataka wore black band on Monday during the Governor's address to the joint sitting of the state legislature, in protest against the hijab row, accusing the BJP government's role in it, and the rejection of social reformer Narayana Guru's tableau during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi.
Mumbai: Days after the opposition BJP levelled allegations of corruption against some leaders of the Uddhav Thackeray-led government in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Monday said his party should not be threatened with the use of Central agencies and claimed that "three and a half" leaders of BJP will be behind bars in the next few days.
Akbarpur (Kanpur Dehat): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the law against triple talaq has saved families of thousands of Muslim women from breaking up in Uttar Pradesh.
Tata Sons on Monday announced the appointment of former chairman of Turkish Airlines Ilker Ayci as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Air India.
High court has repealed the amendment on Karnataka Police Act -1963 which was introduced to prohibit online gambling.