The counting of votes for 105 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) across Karnataka began at 8 a.m. on Monday. The results of the civic polls, which took place on August 31, are expected later in the day or early Tuesday, a poll official said.

Mangaluru: The counting of votes for ULB elections that were held on Friday has begun today morning from 8 am.

Senior advocate and social activist Prashant Bhushan said that the RSS would not accept the Constitution, but it would oppose it.

Magsaysay awardee P Sainath said that as there was a close relationship between the media, BJP and corporation companies, more than 90 per cent of the news appeared in the media were related to BJP.

Counting of votes polled in the elections held for local bodies including the city corporations of Mysuru, Tumkur and Shivamogga and city municipal councils on August 31, would be held on September 3 from 8 am and it is expected that the results would be out by afternoon.

On 28 August, the Pune Police arrested five activists—the trade-unionist and lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj, the writers Gautam Navlakha and Varavara Rao, the lawyers Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves—and conducted search raids at the homes of several others. 

A Saudi-led coalition in Yemen acknowledged Saturday that an air attack last month that killed dozens of people, including children traveling on a bus, was unjustified, and it pledged to hold accountable anyone who contributed to the error.

The absence of the Deputy Commissioner from a government-sponsored programme attracted wrath from Urban Development and Housing Minister UT Khader on Sunday.