Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said that he will place a proposal before the Centre to name the Bangalore Metro Rail project, popularly referred to as "Namma Metro", after the 12th century social reformer Basavanna.

The Karnataka Lokayukta Police have arrested two persons, including the special officer to the state’s Energy Minister, for allegedly accepting a bribe to grant approval for an electricity connection.

A case was registered against the administrator of a Facebook page for allegedly falsely attributing certain remarks to former Chief Justice of India (CJI) N V Ramana, police said on Sunday.

The Ro-Ro ferry between Saphale and Virar in Maharashtra's Palghar district carrying 200 passengers and 75 vehicles got stuck mid-sea on Sunday evening due to a technical failure triggered primarily by overloading, officials said.

Two unidentified motorbike-borne youths opened fire at a police team on Pakhowal Road on Sunday, with a passerby getting seriously injured when he got hit by a bullet, police said.

Congress MP from Saharanpur, Imran Masood, on Sunday alleged that the government was following "two types of laws" for Hindus and Muslims, as he called into question police action against the desecrators of a mausoleum in Fatehpur and arrests of Muslims in Bareilly.

Aviation watchdog DGCA will carry out a detailed probe into the incident of Ram Air Turbine (RAT) getting deployed in an Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft few minutes before landing at the Birmingham airport on Saturday, according to an official.

The Kerala government has suspended an Assistant Commandant of the Kerala Armed Police (KAP) Battalion for reporting to duty under the influence of alcohol during Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to the state in August, police said on Sunday.