The Hyderabad city traffic police has cautioned the public after some vehicle riders were found using fake or tampered number plates and committing multiple traffic violations, resulting in challans being wrongly generated against legitimate registered vehicle owners.

A 16-year-old girl studying in a private school in Nanjangud allegedly died by suicide after reportedly feeling upset over scoring lower marks than expected in the SSLC examination, though she had passed in first class.

The IMD has issued an orange alert warning of heatwave conditions in parts of Kerala, prompting authorities to urge extreme caution amid soaring temperatures and high humidity.

 The Karnataka High Court on Thursday stayed a magisterial order directing the registration of an FIR against state Home Minister G Parameshwara and the Deputy Commissioner of Tumakuru district over their alleged involvement in a Rs 500 bet.

 At least 16 workers were injured after a massive fire broke out at a chemical factory in Gujarat's Bharuch district on Thursday afternoon, officials said.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee led a colourful roadshow in her Bhabanipur constituency in south Kolkata on Thursday.

The Congress on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of demonstrating "moral cowardice" by his "total silence" on the "continued genocide" by Israel in Gaza and its heavy bombing of Lebanon, and said no government has shown so much solidarity with the "murderous Israeli regime" as his dispensation has.

An event celebrating veteran BJP leader B S Yediyurappa’s five decades in politics will be held in Chitradurga on May 9, during which Union Home Minister Amit Shah will felicitate the former Karnataka CM.