E. coli food poisoning linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburgers has sickened at least 49 people in 10 states, including one person who died and 10 who were hospitalized, federal health officials said Tuesday.

An unidentified body was found in a decomposed state in a lake at Gerukatte in the taluk. The discovery was made by workers in a plantation, who then informed the police.

The political scene in the Channapatna Assembly constituency is heating up ahead of the by-election, with strong indications that former minister C.P. Yogeshwar, a BJP ticket aspirant, may join the Congress.

"A survey will be conducted across the city to identify illegal buildings. I will instruct the Revenue Department not to register properties that do not comply with building regulations. People buy land at a low cost and sell it without proper planning. The RERA Act is in place to prevent such illegal activities," said Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar.

A scuffle broke out at Jamia Millia Islamia University on Tuesday during Diwali celebrations organised by ABVP, after ABVP members allegedly raised "Jai Shri Ram" slogans at Muslim women students. This led to a fight, with intense sloganeering from both sides.

Bengaluru: Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday took a dig at the Congress government in Karnataka for its handling of the rain situation, saying Bengaluru resembled Venice and not Singapore, which they had promised to transform it into.

Bhopal: Based on the Madhya Pradesh High Court's direction, a man accused of raising a pro-Pakistan slogan, reached a police station here on Tuesday and saluted the national flag 21 times by raising 'Bharat Mata ki jai' slogan.

Beirut: Hezbollah's chief spokesman says the group was behind the weekend drone attack that targeted Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's house without inflicting casualties.