Mandya: K.S. Puttannaiah, Melkote MLA and senior Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) leader, who passed away on February 18 due to cardiac arrest, was laid to rest with full state honours at his farm in his native village Kyathanahalli, this afternoon.

Former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, Health Minister K.R. Ramesh Kumar, Food and Civil Supplies Minister U.T. Khader, Swaraj India National president Yogendra Yadav, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait and former MP G. Madegowda were among the hundreds of leaders who paid their last respect to him

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Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has criticised NATO, saying the military alliance “does not exist without the United States”.

Speaking to Al Jazeera, Rubio said, “And everyone knows this fact.”

His remarks come amid growing tensions over the ongoing US-Israeli military actions against Iran.

US President Donald Trump has also sharply criticised NATO for not supporting the campaign. In a post on Truth Social, he said NATO countries are “COWARDS and we will REMEMBER!”