Award winning writer and journalist Tom Wolfe, who is noted for works like "The Bonfire of the Vanities", "The Right Stuff" and "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" has passed away in the US. He was 88.

Anwar Ibrahim, former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister jailed for sodomy, was released on Wednesday after newly elected Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad helped arrange a full pardon for him.

The micro-blogging platform registered over 30 lakh tweets related to Karnataka assembly polls in the past three weeks, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) garnering 51 per cent of the share of voice, Twitter announced on Wednesday.

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jammu and Kashmir on May 19, the Border Security Forces (BSF) have confirmed that five militants have sneaked into the Indian side.

The current assembly election results were quite a surprise for many. The voters had not exhibited their inclination despite highly charged speeches by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the popularity of Siddaramaiah.

As per the result of the Karnataka Assembly election announced on Tuesday, the number of Muslim MLAs has come down to seven, which is the lowest number in the history of the state. In the last election, total 11 Muslims were elected to the Assembly.

Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) candidate from Narasimharaja constituency in Mysuru urged the Returning Officer to withhold the election results of the constituency and recounting of VVPAT data as there is a suspicion on misuse of EVMs.

Mangaluru North Constituency defeated candidate from Congress Moideen Bava said that when voting was observed, as expected the Congress should have got the votes in some polling booths. But during the counting of votes, the result disappointed the Congress, he said.