A group of civil society organisations on Tuesday met the Chief Electoral Officer of Karnataka and submitted a joint letter demanding action against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the violation of Code of Conduct, Representation of People’s Act. 1951. Constitutional provisions and inciting hatred against the Muslim community to garner Hindu votes.

Chitradurga (Karnataka): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said there is no Modi wave in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections but there is one in favour of the Congress party’s guarantee schemes in the state.

Extreme weather conditions may pose a risk to inflation, along with prolonged geopolitical tensions that could keep crude oil prices volatile, the Reserve Bank's April Bulletin said on Tuesday.

Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate claimed that social media has helped her party to connect with people as mainstream media is "blacking out" the grand old party.

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday ruled that public sector banks do not have the power in law to issue Look Out Circulars (LOCs) against default borrowers.

Expanding the scope of its hearing in the Patanjali Ayurved case, the Supreme Court on Tuesday took a stern view of misleading advertisements by FMCG firms and asked three Union ministries to inform it about the steps they have taken to curb the practice which takes "public for a ride" and adversely affects their health.

In Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, during a roadshow featuring Arun Govil, the BJP candidate for Meerut, and his co-stars from the TV serial 'Ramayan', including Dipika Chikhlia and Sunil Lahri, several attendees, including businessman Kulbhushan, fell victim to theft. Kulbhushan, along with a dozen others, had their wallets and mobile phones stolen during the event. The incident occurred as Kulbhushan, caught up in the enthusiasm of the moment, raised his hands and chanted 'Jai Shri Ram' while the procession passed his shop. However, upon later inspection, he discovered that he had lost Rs 36,000 from his pocket.

The Mumbai police's crime branch has recovered two pistols, magazines and bullets from the Tapi river in Gujarat during a search operation to recover weapons allegedly used in the firing outside Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's residence, an official said on Tuesday.