Srinagar/Secunderabad: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah Monday said his party will strive hard for restoring the autonomy of Jammu and Kashmir that could include having a 'Sadar-e-Riyasat' (President) and 'Wazir-e-Azam' (Prime Minister), a statement which evoked sharp condemnation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

New Delhi: The Indian Air Force on Monday scrambled two Sukhoi-30 fighter jets after sighting a Pakistani drone along the Indo-Pak border in the Khemkaran sector in Punjab, official sources said.

Udupi: Police succeeded in arresting Hanumantha Basappakambili (39) within 24 hours from Pernankila forest in Hiriyadka.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar Monday accepted the resignation of rebel Congress MLA Umesh Jadhav, who is taking on party veteran Mallikarjun Kharge as the BJP candidate from Gulbarga constituency in the coming Lok Sabha elections.

Mangaluru: The Election Commission of India is coming up with new and innovative ideas to reach out to voters. This year being the election year, the commission has started a drive with hash tag #NoVoterToBeLeftBehind and has started various services for voters to ease their hassles faced during elections.

Bengaluru: BJP president BS Yeddyurappa today challenged the AICC president Rahul Gandhi to prove the allegations he leveled against the former.

Mandya: The nomination papers filed by Nikhil Kumaraswamy from JD(S) party for the Mandya constituency have been approved by the Deputy Commissioner and local Election Commissioner Manjushree. The Chief Electoral Officer Ranjith Kumar gave clean chit to Manjushree in the matter.

Los Angeles: Rapper Nipsey Hussle was killed after being shot multiple times in broad daylight outside his store here on Sunday.