Mumbai: The Congress on Monday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi make all efforts to bring back Karnataka's JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna, who fled the country after sexual abuse allegations surfaced against him.

Lucknow: The Awadh region will be carved into a separate state if the BSP comes to power at the Centre after the Lok Sabha elections, party chief Mayawati said on Monday.

New Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking review of its April 26 judgement by which it had rejected the demand for reverting to the old paper ballot system and the complete cross-verification of votes cast using EVMs with a Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT).

Gadchiroli (Maharashtra): Three Naxalites, including two females, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district on Monday, police said.

Bengaluru: Six private hospitals here received a bomb threat via email which turned out to be a hoax, police said on Monday.

Bengaluru: Dismissing his Maharashtra counterpart's reported statements regarding efforts to replicate the 'Maharashtra model' to topple the Congress government in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said Eknath Shinde was under an "illusion" and is "daydreaming", and claimed none of his MLAs "are ready to get sold."

Mangaluru (Karnataka): A 56-year-old labourer died and two others sustained injuries after being struck by lightning in Ichalampady of Noojibaltila village in Dakshina Kannada, officials said on Monday.

A collision between a container lorry and a private bus near the Uppala gate of the national highway in Kasaragod this morning, has resulted in injuries to four individuals, including the bus driver.