The CBI on Saturday conducted searches on the premises of former TMC MP Mahua Moitra in multiple locations, including Kolkata, in connection with the alleged cash-for-query case, officials said.

Assailants burst into a large concert hall in Moscow on Friday and sprayed the crowd with gunfire, killing over 60 people, injuring more than 100 and setting fire to the venue in a brazen attack just days after President Vladimir Putin cemented his grip on power in a highly orchestrated electoral landslide.

The City Civil and Sessions Court has dismissed the petition filed by CM Ibrahim, challenging his expulsion from the post of JDS party president and the appointment of former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy as the new state president.

The Election Commission on Saturday said cash to the tune of Rs 2.75 crore has been seized in the past 24 hours, taking the total amount of money seized in Karnataka to Rs 9.64 crore since the model code of conduct came into force on March 16.

Union minister Nitin Gadkari has said it was not possible to run a political party without funds, and added that the Centre had introduced the electoral bonds scheme, now struck down as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, in 2017 with a "good intention".

CSK beat RCB by six wickets in IPL opener.

United Nations: Russia and China on Friday vetoed a US-sponsored UN resolution calling for "an immediate and sustained cease-fire" in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza to protect civilians and enable humanitarian aid to be delivered to more than 2 million hungry Palestinians.

Tumkuru: U T Khader, the Speaker of Karnataka Vidhan Sabha, has voiced his dismay over the tragic murder of three individuals from Belthangady, whose bodies were discovered near Kuchangi Lake in Tumkuru on Friday.