Hubballi: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar claimed on Wednesday several leaders from opposition parties will be joining the ruling Congress in the coming days, and that he does not want to divulge the "secret" now.

A team of CBI officials on Wednesday evening reached the CID headquarters to take custody of Sandeshkhali ED official attack case accused Shajahan Sheikh, after a fresh directive by the Calcutta High Court this morning.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday set aside the suspension of seven BJP MLAs from the Legislative Assembly for interrupting Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena's address at the start of the Budget session.

A photo circulating on social media purportedly showing Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav and his wife Dimple Yadav paying respects at the grave of gangster and politician Atiq Ahmed has been debunked as false. The claim has been refuted with evidence proving that the image is from 2022 when the couple visited the burial site of Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met a group of women from Sandeshkhali, where allegations of sexual abuse against TMC leaders have been levelled.

Three young men, who had been accused of stealing a car and three motorbikes from areas under the jurisdiction of the Dharmasthala Police Station, were arrested in Hassan and the vehicles confiscated.

Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Wednesday said the police are pursuing vital clues and getting close to cracking the March 1 Rameshwaram Café low-intensity blast incident.

A video circulating on social media, purportedly showing a burqa-clad woman attempting to coerce another woman into participating in "Love Jihad," has been debunked as misinformation. The video, widely shared by Right Wing accounts, including @ajaychauhan41, and others, is falsely portrayed as a case of religious conversion. Alt News has previously exposed the account @ajaychauhan41 for disseminating communal misinformation.