Just as the accused in Gauri Lankesh murder case are getting arrested one after another, BJP MLA Basanagouda Yatnal, addressing a public meeting, has said “if I was the home minister, I would issue orders to shoot the intellectuals en masse”. Yatnal’s statement can be interpreted in many ways.

A multi-party conference (MPC) and Pakistan Peoples Party late on Friday rejected the just-concluded Pakistan election results, demanding a transparent and free and fair re-election.

With Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne on Friday saying that India has not approached his country on fugitive diamond jeweller Mehul Choksi who has secured citizenship of the Caribbean country, Congress alleged complicity on part of Modi government and the investigative agencies.

DMK President M. Karunanidhi early on Saturday was admitted into the intensive care unit (ICU) of Kauvery Hospital here after his blood pressure dropped, said the hospital.

Vishwavallabha Theertha Swamiji of Sode Mutt, the dwandwa mutt of Shiroor Mutt, said that Aradhana of Lakshmivara Theertha Swamiji of Shiroor Mutt who died on July 19, at Moola Mutt near Hiriyadka, would be conducted only after the police vacated the mutt.

 Lok Sabha Member Shobha Karandlaje said that it was not fair to demand separate status for North Karnataka as it would not solve all problems.

A UP based trader booked the wagon to transport fertilizers from Visakhapatnam port to Basti in 2014. When the wagon failed to reach its destination after 3.5 years, he tried to contact the authorities but to no avail. The wagon finally reached its destination on Thursday after covering a distance of 1400 Kms but the consignment inside the wagon was already spoilt.

The postmortem report on the Shiroor Swamiji’s death case would be available within two days, according to police sources.