Bengaluru: Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha, President, Vatal Nagaraj on Monday came out in support of actor Chandan Shetty, who proposed Nivedita Gowda on Yuva Dasara in Mysuru calling for backlash from various sections.

Aviation regulator DGCA has found that one of the two pilots on board Cessna 172 aircraft, which fatally crashed at Vikarabad in Telangana on Sunday, was not authorised to be in the plane, a senior official said on Monday.

National Conference president Farooq Abdullah has demanded unconditional release of all those detained or arrested in the wake of abrogation of Article 370 for any political process to begin in the state, the party said on Monday, a day after its delegation met the leader for the first time after his detention.

A 4.3-magnitude earthquake, with epicentre in Bhutan, rocked Assam at 6.05 pm on Monday, the meteorological office here said.

Bengaluru: Former Karnataka CM and senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Monday asserted that he was not baiting for the post of ‘opposition leader’ in the Karnataka Assembly and that he has not discussed the matter with high command.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said Jammu and Kashmir will not remain a Union Territory (UT) forever and the statehood to it would be restored once the security situation is improved there.

 India batsman Rohit Sharma, who became the first player to score a century in each innings of his maiden Test as opener, on Monday jumped to a career-best 17th position in the ICC Test Player Rankings.

Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda reaffirmed on Monday that he would lead a march from Freedom Park to Vidhana Soudha, the State Secretariat, on October 10 against the Centre over flood relief assistance.