Bengaluru, Aug 11 (IANS) Karnataka Minister for Cooperation K.N. Rajanna has submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, sources confirmed on Monday. Sources informed Siddaramaiah is making last-minute efforts with the party high command to retain him. However, the high command is not accepting any explanation from Siddaramaiah and is reportedly upset over Rajanna’s remarks on the election “fraud” issue raised by the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi.Raj…

Patna, Aug 11 (IANS) A disturbing incident in Bihar’s Samastipur on Monday triggered public outrage as a private school teacher allegedly shot dead a 19-year-old girl student. The victim, identified as Gudiya Kumari — daughter of Vinay Kumar from Ward 1 of Parsa Panchayat — was on her way home from a coaching institute in Baheri block when the firing incident occurred. The incident occurred at Kothiyan village under Shivajinagar police station in the district.Gudiya, who was preparing for th…

Hyderabad, Aug 11 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has condemned the detention of Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi and other Congress and Opposition leaders in New Delhi on Monday, during their protest over the Election Commission’s alleged ‘collusion’ with the ruling BJP.The Chief Minister posted on ‘X’ that LoP Gandhi started the fight for democracy and restoration of the sacrosanct power of every Indian’s vote.“…

Chandigarh, Aug 11 (IANS) With floods wreaking havoc in some parts of Punjab, Leader of the Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa on Monday slammed the Aam Aadmi Party government, holding it responsible for the unfolding crisis due to what he described as “sheer administrative negligence”. Congress leader Bajwa highlighted that torrential rains in the hilly regions, coupled with the release of excess water from dams, have inundated thousands of acres of farmland in Kapurthala district. Similarly, wa…

New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) From local to global, India will not just make in India, but make for the world, and Jabalpur will be at the heart of this transformation, Union Communication Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Monday.“The government and industry are two sides of the same coin. Together, we can turn the aspirations of our youth into reality,” the minister said as Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) signed strategic Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with global technology leaders.T…

Kolkata, Aug 11 (IANS) State Trinamool Congress General Secretary Kunal Ghosh, on Monday, criticised the father of the R.G. Kar rape and murder victim for alleging that he has settled the case with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on behalf of the West Bengal government by paying them money. Taking to his official social media account, Ghosh said the victim’s father is crossing all the limits of lies and drama.”The victim’s father said that the CBI has taken money and Kunal Ghosh went a…

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 11 (IANS) A row has broken out in Kerala with both the ruling Left and the Congress-led opposition slamming Kerala Governor Rajendra V. Arlekar’s office issuing a circular directing the Vice Chancellors of state universities to observe August 14 as the “Partition Horrors Remembrance Day”.This is the first time such a directive has been sent from the Governor’s office to universities in Kerala.State Education Minister V. Sivankutty strongly opposed the move, calling it a…

Kochi, Aug 11 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Monday refused to intervene in a trial court order that denied permission to Jollyamma Joseph, alias Jolly Joseph, the prime accused in the sensational Koodathayi serial murder case, to visit the crime scene along with her new lawyer. Jolly is accused of murdering six of her family members, including her first husband, Roy Thomas, by administering cyanide, allegedly to gain control over the family’s assets.The three persons alleged to have been mur…

New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has carried out 171 regulatory audits from 2020 till June 2025 to ensure safety in India’s civil aviation sector, the Parliament was informed on Monday.A total of two incidents of turbulence and 10 incidents of emergency landing due to technical snags have been reported since January 2024 apart from which Air India’s Boeing aircraft VT-ANB on June 12, 2025, “declared MAYDAY and eventually met with an accident”, Ministe…

New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) As many as 127 claims and objections out of 10,570 received directly from electors concerning Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar have been disposed of by officials so far, said the ECI on Monday. Even after 11 days of the publication of electoral draft rolls, none of the political parties has filed any complaint, the poll panel said.On a day when Opposition party leaders, including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, were det…