Bangalore's newly-elected Deputy Mayor, Ramila Umashankar of the Janata Dal (Secular), died of a massive heart attack on Thursday night. She was 44 years old.
Food and Civil Supplies Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan said that based on the district administration report, the state government would construct the houses for the 1,174 families which lost their houses in the natural disaster.
The Cabinet on Thursday decided to release Rs 178 crore package for the coconut growers whose coconut plantations have become unproductive due to continuous drought in the state.
The Shiv Sena Thursday joined the Opposition to condemn the "meagre" reduction in prices of petrol and diesel by the BJP-led governments at the Centre and in Maharashtra.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal demanded a Rs 10 per litre cut in fuel prices, hours after the Centre announced a reduction of Rs 2.5 per litre in prices of petrol and diesel on Thursday.
The Congress in Maharashtra Thursday dismissed as "nautanki" (drama) the Shiv Sena's announcement that its chief Uddhav Thackeray will visit Ayodhya after Dussehra to reaffirm his party's commitment to the issue.
Primary and Secondary Education Minister N. Mahesh clarified that the BSP would not make alliance with any political party in the forthcoming Lok Sabha election.
The skeleton of Kantappa Poojary (85) who was missing for the last 60 days, was found on the Bhadra River bank here on Thursday.
Pakistani troops violated ceasefire Thursday evening and resorted to firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, defence officials said.
An Indian man in the UAE has won a whopping 14 crores in a monthly raffle and has decided to use the money to pay for the kidney transplant of his close relative, according to a media report.
