The Statue of Unity, a memorial to Sardar Patel, is touted as the world's tallest statue at 182 metres. It will be inaugurated on October 31.
The local court on Monday sanctioned parole to Madiwala bomb explosion main accused Abdul Nasser Mahdani.
Puttur police arrested another accused who supplied explosives to blast a house at Polya in Kabaka village on Mani-Mysuru road on October 15, in Mysuru.
Lashing out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rajya Sabha Member and Congress leader B.K. Hariprasad said that when King became the businessman, the citizens would become beggars.
Former prime minister and JDS supremo H.D. Deve Gowda predicted that the triumph of the Congress-JDS combine in the by-election would change the equation in the national politics.
“Don’t try to provoke us. If you do it, you may have to go to jail again after cancelling the bail”, former chief minister Siddaramaiah hits back at Janardhana Reddy.
Three unidentified persons Monday looted Rs 32 lakh from a cash van in Adipur in Kutch district after opening fire and injuring three persons, police said.
A youth was stabbed by miscreants at Bhatrakere in Bajpe here on Monday evening.
The Election Commission has been taking various measures to ensure maximum voting in the by-elections to the three Lok Sabha and two Assembly constituencies in the state. The Commission has planned to provide vehicle facility to the door-steps of physically disabled.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi said Monday it is nice to see RBI Governor Urjit Patel "finally defending" the central bank from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and noted that the country will never allow the BJP-RSS combine to "capture" institutions.
