About 1.67 million votes were excluded from the count in Pakistan's July 25 general election, surpassing the number of ballots rejected in 2013 polls, according to a report by an independent poll watchdog.

Dr.Madhavi Bhandari of Udupi and Dr.Siddalinga Pattanashetty have been selected from Karnataka to participate in the 11th International Hindi Conference that will be held at Mauritius from August 18 to 20.

Politics is never stagnant water. At any time, the Congress-JDS alliance government can fall. Yeddyurappa may become Chief Minister again, said Union Minister DV Sadananda Gowda.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday reviewed the progress of the launch of the Health Assurance scheme under Ayushman Bharat.

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi and sought the President's assent for a bill, enhancing quantum of reservation for BCs, SCs and STs.

The Congress on Saturday alleged that BJP President Amit Shah lied on the deportation of foreigners, claiming that the UPA government had deported 82,728 Bangladeshi foreigners between 2005-2013, while the count was only 1,822 in the last four years of the Modi government.

Depressed over dowry harassment, a woman with her two-year-old son committed suicide by setting herself and her son on fire at Mahadevapura in Mysuru.

In a show of opposition unity against the ruling NDA, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday led a protest demonstration against the rape of 34 minors in a government-funded shelter home in Bihar, alleging that weaker sections were under attack by the Narendra Modi government and now it would be the BJP-RSS ideology versus the rest of India.