The Supreme Court on Tuesday warned yoga guru Ramdev and his aide Balkrishna against any attempt to "degrade allopathy" and permitted them to tender a "public apology and show contrition" within a week in the contempt proceedings in the misleading advertisements case against Patanjali Ayurved Ltd.

BJP MP Sanganna Kardi from Koppal district has hinted at the possibility of joining the Congress party after a meeting with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar. Kardi stated that he has a scheduled meeting with Shivakumar on the following day, after which he will make a decision regarding his potential switch.

Pakistan's interior minister, Mohsin Naqvi, has made allegations similar to those made by Canada, suggesting India's involvement in the targeted killing of ISI associate Amir Sarfaraz, also known as Tamba. This incident occurred just over five years after Sarfaraz's acquittal in the 2013 murder case of Indian death-row prisoner Sarabjit Singh.

The BJP district unit in Shivamogga has filed a suit in the Shivamogga Civil Court, demanding that K.S. Eshwarappa, an independent candidate in the Lok Sabha elections from the Shivamogga constituency, must be restrained from using the portrait of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during election campaigns and meetings.

Two persons arrested in connection with the firing outside Salman Khan's residence in Mumbai conducted a recce around the actor's house three times before the incident, a senior police official said on Tuesday.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be in party-governed Karnataka on Wednesday to campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, during which he will address public meetings in Mandya and Kolar.

 A 42-year-old man has been arrested in Fatehpur district here for allegedly raping his six-year-old niece, police said on Tuesday.

Condolences poured in for veteran Kannada film actor-producer-director Dwarakish, who passed away aged 81 following a cardiac arrest at home here on Tuesday.