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.

A dramatic scene unfolded in Hullemakki village of Arehalli, Belur taluk, as two wild elephants, engaged in a half-hour-long fight near the house of a resident named Yunus.

The Delhi High Court has refused to quash an FIR lodged against a man accused of dishonestly inducing the public in giving donations to his NGO by using the picture and surname of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A tragic bus accident occurred on National Highway-16 in Odisha's Jajpur district, resulting in the deaths of five individuals and leaving over 20 others injured. The bus, en route from Puri to Kolkata, fell 20 feet from a bridge near Kuakhia Police Station on Monday night.

An IndiGo flight from Ayodhya to the national capital was diverted due to bad weather to Chandigarh where it landed with just 1 or 2 minutes of fuel left on Saturday, a Delhi police officer has said even as the airline on Monday asserted that the aircraft had sufficient fuel.

Four people drowned as a boat capsized in the Jhelum river on the outskirts of the city on Tuesday, officials said.

Separating Kukis and Meiteis geographically in violence-hit Manipur in name of "safety" is against the "very idea" of India and should be condemned left, right and centre, said Congress' Lok Sabha poll candidate A Bimol Akoijam.

Independent candidate KS Eshwarappa has refuted any intention of withdrawing from the election fray, dismissing rumors suggesting otherwise. He said false rumors are being spread to confuse his supporters and affirmed his resolve not to withdraw even if Brahma- Modi ask him to do so.