A man, who had hosted a lunch for BJP president Amit Shah during his visit to Ganjam district last year, joined the BJD.

A mentally disabled man was allegedly shot dead by an Army sentry in the early hours of Saturday when he ignored his warnings and walked towards an Army camp in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

An Indonesian diver died while recovering body parts from the ill-fated Lion Air plane which crashed into the sea killing 189 people, an official said Saturday.

Baindur: The Baindur constituency in the Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency has evoked a poor response in today's bypolls.

The interference of the government in RBI had come to discussion when a massive decision such as demonetisation was taken unilaterally without including the latter in the process. Experts had perceived problems when Urjit Patel was brought in as a replacement to Raghuram Rajan, as the head of RBI. Corporate powers began to interfere with RBI after Modi became the Prime Minister. Now the tussle between RBI and Central government has reached its peak. Rumours are strife that Urjit Patel may resign from his post any moment. At a time when India's economy situation is not very bright, a problem like this can affect the country's future a large extent. Corporate powers that are close to Modi are being blamed for this situation country is facing right now.

About 6 per cent of the electorate cast their votes Saturday in the first two hours of polling for the by-elections to three Lok Sabha and two assembly constituencies in Karnataka.

Ramnagar: Voting process at a polling booth in Mottedoddi of Ramanagar was temporarily stalled after a snake was found inside the polling center.

Tigress Avni, believed to have been responsible for the deaths of 13 people in Maharashtra in the past two years, was shot dead in Yavatmal district of the state as part of an operation, police said Saturday.