With heavy rain forecast in Uttarakhand till Monday and showers continuing in most parts on Saturday, schools have been shut down in Dehradun, Paudi, Tehri and Haridwar, an official said.

The election to 105 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) across Karnataka held from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. registered 63.8 per cent voting, the State Election Commission (SEC) said on Friday.

Karnataka would expand cabinet in September third week and appoint heads of boards and corporations soon, said senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Friday.

The US is ending all funding for the UN's Palestinian refugee agency, the UN Relief and Works Agency (Unrwa), describing it as "irredeemably flawed", a State Department official said.

Scholar Dr G Ramakrishna said that the central government has arrested the human rights activists in order to divert the attention of the people on the criminal activities of Sanatan Sanstha in the country.

The Gauri Lankesh Trust led by freedom fighter HS Doreswamy urged Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwar to ban Sanatan Samsta and withdraw the cases booked against Jignesh Mevani and Prakash Rai.

A clash between two youth over money matter forced the police to cane the irate mob and caused tension at Kalladka in the taluk on Friday.

When Chinthu Pradeep and his brother Chandu, both fishermen working in the Azheekal port of Karunagappally, a municipality in Kerala’s Kollam city, left to rescue those stranded in the floods that swept the state, they were prepared to incur the resulting losses.