Names of chief ministers of Punjab and Karnataka -- Captain Amarinder Singh and H D Kumraswamy -- along with a former chief minister found mention in the list of 4,122 criminal cases pending against serving and ex-legislators that was submitted before the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

As a conversation between a notorious criminal Talaki Rafeeq of Manjeshwar in Kerala who has involved in various cases, and CCB constable Chandra on financial matter has gone viral in social media, Mangaluru Police Commissioner has ordered departmental enquiry against the constable.

The Senior Civil Court has disqualified the election of Kodagu zilla panchayat Bhagamandala seat member Kavitha Prabhakar elected on BJP ticket. Devangadi Thilak Subraya who contested against Kavitha Prabhakar, was declared as winning candidate.

More than 1.77 lakh people, including 29,000 children, are staying in 252 relief camps in cyclone-Gaja hit areas of Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu Handlooms Minister O S Manian said Tuesday.

Relief works have been taken up on a war footing in the district, he said.

India and the UAE Tuesday signed two agreements, including one on currency swap, as External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj held exhaustive discussions with her counterpart Abdullah bin Zayed to step up bilateral cooperation in areas like security, defence, counter-terrorism, trade and energy.

Madikeri City Police booked a case against Bajrang Dal South Prantya co-convener Raghu Sakaleshpura on charges of threatening the complainant who lodged a complaint against Santosh Thammaiah in the case of insulting the Prophet.

Fares of Volvo, Rajahamsa, AC, Non AC and all buses of the KSRTC would come down by 10 per cent with immediate effect.

'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' was once again dragged into political discourse with Rahul Gandhi Tuesday taking a swipe at Narendra Modi, saying he should not use this salutation in his poll speeches but instead hail Anil Ambani, remarks that led the prime minister to hit back at the Congress chief asking who is he to issue a 'fatwa'.