Bengaluru: The Congress on Sunday intensified efforts to persuade another rebel MLA Ramalinga Reddy to return to the party fold, in a desperate bid to save the Congress-JD(S) coalition government in Karnataka teetering in the wake of resignation of its legislators.

Sullia: Three persons, including a woman, were killed in a collision between a bus and a car at Aramburu near Sullia.

Mangaluru: Negligence of Mangaluru prison authorities came to the fore when two accused were released from Mangaluru Central Jail, without getting bail or parole.  

Bengaluru: Efforts by coalition leaders to mollify rebel Congress MLA M T B Nagaraj seem to have failed as he has flown to Mumbai Sunday, according to sources.

Chandigarh: Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, who did not take charge of his new ministry after the cabinet reshuffle in Punjab last month, said today he has resigned from the state cabinet. He was stripped of key portfolios following a public fallout with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh in the cabinet reshuffle.

London: New Zealand captain Kane Williamson was at his wittiest best when he said it is the fight that matters rather than "breed of the dog" as his side geared up to take on favourites England in the summit clash of the World Cup here Sunday.

Mangaluru: Kudpi Madhava Shenoy of Pandeshwar resident, owner of popular Taj Mahal Hotel in the city, passed away aged 80 at private hospital on Sunday.

Kathmandu: At least 43 people, including 18 women, were killed and 20 others injured in floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains in various parts of Nepal, police said.