Bantwal: The police on Monday arrested three BJP workers for abusing and threatening to kill Youth Congress district president and Congress candidate for Lok Sabha Election on the evening of May 23, when the results of Lok Sabha elections in Dakshina Kannada constituency were announced.
Bengaluru: The Karnataka cabinet Monday approved a cloud seeding programme, to be implemented in June, following reports that there would be deficit rainfall in the state.
Haridwar: Describing May 23, when the BJP rode back to power with a massive mandate, as a "historic" day, Yoga guru Ramdev Monday said it should be celebrated either as "Modi Diwas or public welfare day".
Bengaluru: Compounding the ruling Congress-JDS' woes, Congress leader K N Rajanna Monday hit out at Karnataka deputy chief minister G Parameshwara and claimed the government will not survive beyond June 10.
Mangaluru: Stuti Prakashan book stall was on Monday inaugurated at Mangaluru Sahakari Sadana here.
Raipur: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel Monday claimed Hindu Mahasabha leader Vinayak Damodar Savarkar had first sown the seed of the two-nation theory which was later taken forward by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the late founder of Pakistan.
Bengaluru: A case has been registered against the editor of a Kannada daily and its editorial staff for publishing a report about trouble within JDS chief and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda's family after the Lok Sabha election drubbing.
Mumbai: Three women doctors at a BMC-run medical college and hospital here, accused of driving their 26-year-old colleague to suicide after tormenting her with casteist slurs, have sought a "fair probe" in the case.
Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday decried the "misconception" being created that BJP was a Hindi heartland party and said the Lok Sabha poll results testified to its victories across India, stressing "chemistry has triumphed over arithmetic".
London: Senior South Africa batsman Hashim Amla termed "fasting during Ramadan" as great mental and spiritual exercise, expressing his delight that the World Cup is starting during the holy month.
