Mangaluru: Lokayukta sleuths on Wednesday conducted raids on the office and residence of Mangalore electricity supply company (MESCOM) Executive Engineer Shantakumar, who allegedly amassed wealth beyond his known source of income.

Thane: As many as 109 students of a private ashram school, including 63 girls, were rushed to a government hospital in Thane district after showing symptoms of food poisoning on Wednesday, an official said.

Malda (WB): The rear windscreen of a car carrying Rahul Gandhi was damaged during the ongoing 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra', with West Bengal unit president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury alleging that the vehicle was "pelted with stones" in Malda district, while Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed the incident took place in adjoining Bihar.

Dubai: Senior India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin maintained the top spot, while compatriot Jasprit Bumrah jumped to fourth in the latest ICC Test bowling rankings released on Wednesday.

The Congress and the AAP on Wednesday jointly held a protest here, a day after the BJP swept the Chandigarh mayoral polls.

Hindu petitioners were on Wednesday afternoon given permission by a city court in Varanasi to worship inside the basement of the Gyanvapi mosque in the city, which had earlier been sealed.

Ruling Congress MLA H C Balakrishna has advocated stopping the Karnataka government's guarantee programmes, in case the party fails to win maximum number of seats in the state in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, assuming that the people have rejected the schemes.

The Karnataka Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) has announced the annual awards for journalists for their excellent coverage of news in the year 2022-23 and Union State President Shivananda Tagadur has said that the journalists will be handed the awards at the 38th State Journalists' Convention to be held in Davanagere on February 3 and 4.