A day after at least nine persons lost their lives in an unauthorised building collapse, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday refused urgent hearings to petitioners seeking stay of demolition of their structures, holding that human lives must be saved.

The Congress on Tuesday approached the Delhi High Court against tax re-assessment proceedings against it by the authorities.

With JD(S) indicating its unhappiness over the seat sharing issue for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, Karnataka BJP President B Y Vijayendra on Tuesday said he has spoken to its leadership after consulting his party's high command, and expressed confidence that the matter would be resolved amicably.

Sources within the JDS indicate that there is a strong likelihood of Kumaraswamy contesting from Mandya in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Encouraging the public to use various apps to putting QR codes on voter slips to locate polling booths, the Election Commission is coming out with several initiatives to increase turnout in the coming Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka leveraging technology, EC officials said on Tuesday.

Delhi Minister Atishi on Tuesday accused the Enforcement Directorate of becoming a "political weapon" and claimed the agency's assertion that BRS leader K Kavitha was involved in paying Rs 100 crore to AAP leaders for favours in the now-scrapped excise policy has been dismissed by the Supreme Court.

A young man named Satish Chandrasekhara Kadani from Teggihalli village, climbed a 250-foot BSNL tower at Basaveshwara Circle of India town to demand for drinking water. His action was a protest demanding a resolution to the longstanding drinking water problem in his village.

A sudden health scare affected 10 female students from a scheduled community residing in a girls' hostel in Jayanagar barangay, prompting their admission to the city's government hospital for treatment.