Bengaluru: Karnataka team on Friday won its fourth Vijay Hazare Trophy after defeating Tamil Nadu in the final match at Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru.

The cyclonic storm "Kyarr" is likely to bring very heavy to extremely heavy rains in coastal districts of Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg in Maharashtra in the next 12 hours and also cause strong winds, the Met office said on Friday.

As many as 2,155 people lost their lives and another 45 were reported missing this monsoon season in rains and floods, which affected more than 26 lakh people in 22 states, Union Home Ministry officials said on Friday.

A day after Maharashtra Assembly election results showed a dip in BJP's tally compared to 2014 polls, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut posted a cartoon to take a dig at his party's senior alliance partner.

A 26-year old youngster died of electrocution when he was reportedly repairing a switch board on Friday afternoon here in Mangaluru.

Five Independent MLAs, along with Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and BJP's Haryana in-charge Anil Jain, met the party's working president, J P Nadda, at his residence here on Friday to finalise the modalities of government formation, sources said.

Mangaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Dr. C N Ashwatnarayan on Friday added that a thorough investigation by Income Tax Department will reveal information about the possible Medical seats blocking scandal in the state.

 It is all in the family for a couple of newly-elected MLAs in Maharashtra as two pairs of brothers have made it to the legislative Assembly this time around.