Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly, Siddaramaiah on Thursday asserted that communalism was spreading across the country and Congress had failed to convince people about it.

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has reportedly filed a defamation suit of five billion rupees against a YouTuber who brought up his name while spreading fake news.

Bengaluru: Creator of the Rock Garden at Gotagodi and Rajyotsava award winner T B Solabakkanavar died on Thursday due to COVID-19 related complications at a hospital in Hubbali, his family members said.

Bihar education minister Mewa Lal Chaudhary, whose appointment to the post had triggered a controversy on account of a corruption taint, on Thursday tendered his resignation, barely three days after being sworn in as a member of the Nitish Kumar cabinet.

 In an incident of manslaughter, a woman died in the early hours of Thursday after she was beaten on the head with a club by her husband. The incident happened in the Koratagere town and the police have arrested the accused husband with the charges of murdering his wife. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said it is time for tech solutions that are designed in India but deployed for the world, and declared that the country is uniquely positioned to leap ahead in the information era.

Noting that it is natural to prioritise COVID-19 vaccine distribution, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday said healthcare workers and people aged above 65 will be early recipients when a vaccine becomes available.

 The judge hearing former union minister M J Akbar's defamation case against journalist Priya Ramani has been transferred to another court by the Delhi High court.