The Aam Aadmi Party leaders will sit on a fasting dharna at Jantar Mantar on April 7 in protest against the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, party leader Gopal Rai said on Wednesday.

Sumalatha Ambarish, the current Member of Parliament from Mandya constituency, has announced that she will not contest the upcoming Lok Sabha election from Mandya.

Action has been taken against two Uttar Pradesh police constables for allegedly posting comments on social media in favour of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari who died last week, officials said on Wednesday.

The BJP's Delhi unit has sent a defamation notice to senior AAP leader Atishi and demanded a public apology for her claim that the saffron party approached her through a "very close" person to join it.

A Delhi court on Wednesday directed AAP leader Sanjay Singh not to tamper with evidence or influence witnesses in the Excise "scam" case.

Karnataka Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda refuted Amit Shah's statement accusing Karnataka of delaying its request for drought relief by three months. He asserted that the Karnataka government submitted its request on September 22, well within the timeline prescribed by the central government's drought criteria.

The state is experiencing a rise in temperatures, with Kalaburagi recording a maximum temperature of 41.6 degrees Celsius. The Meteorological Department announced on Tuesday that the minimum temperature was recorded in Belagavi.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Anil Parab's associate Sadanand Kadam has started the demolition of the alleged unauthorised portion of a resort in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri following an assurance given to the Bombay High Court, officials said on Wednesday.