Medininagar (Jharkhand): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that Hussainabad sub-division in Jharkhand’s Palamu district will be made a district if the BJP comes to power after the assembly elections, and it will be named after Lord Ram or Krishna.

Five individuals, including a newborn, have reportedly died after consuming contaminated water in the village of T. Tumbigere in Harapanahalli taluk. Over 50 residents have fallen ill with symptoms of vomiting and diarrhoea.

The Karnataka government on Wednesday asserted before the High Court that 'Kambala', a traditional slush track buffalo race, represents the cultural heritage of the entire state, not just a particular region.

A video featuring Pradeep Kumar Singh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Araria in northeast Bihar, has gone viral on social media after he remarked that those seeking to live in Araria must become Hindus.

The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) on Wednesday released its second list of candidates for the upcoming Jharkhand assembly polls, fielding Rajya Sabha MP Mahua Maji from Ranchi.

The Karnataka Congress government has taken the position that the High Court's decision to quash the chargesheet against Raghaveshwara Bharathi Swamiji of Ramachandrapura Math, the first accused, and RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat, the third accused, in the Shyam Prasad Shastri suicide case, is "not against the government's interest."

In a recent development in the case involving Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former Maharashtra Minister Baba Siddique's murder, police have said the shooters were in contact with Lawrence Bishnoi's brother, Anmol Bishnoi, before the murder of Siddique.

The Gujarat police have registered a theft case against senior journalist Mahesh Langa, who is already behind bars in an alleged Goods and Services Tax scam, following the recovery of some documents of the Gujarat Maritime Board from him, an official said.