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Celebrity MasterChef featured a pasta challenge set by Ranveer Brar, testing the contestants' culinary skills. Notable moments included Gaurav Khanna winning the first task and Archana's dish causing a mishap, highlighting the competition's unpredictable nature. The judges emphasized the importance of serious cooking and learning from experienced chefs.

Hubballi hosts protection of Waqf conference

The Karnataka State Legislature Book Fair - 2025, spearheaded by assembly speaker U.T. Khader, will not only host over 150 bookstores mostly selling Kannada books with rebate, but will also host a series of panels and poetry sessions through the weekend, throwing open the Vidhana Soudha for the public. 

Congress leader Supriya Shrinate said there had always been a battle of supremacy between the BJP and the JDU and every time Nitish Kumar picks up his phone, the BJP gets apprehensive about whom he's probably calling. The Congress leader was reacting to the induction of seven BJP MLAs to Nitish Kumar's cabinet.

Synod voices concerns over struggles faced by coastal communities, including those protesting in Munambam over the Waqf land issue

Heavy influx of devotees in Srisailam brought in devotional fervour across the Nallamala forests, and thousands of them were seen trekking the hills on foot from various places along the Andhra Pradesh-Telangana border

Seven BJP MLAs joined the Bihar cabinet led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The induction brings the cabinet to its maximum legal strength of 36 members. The new ministers were administered oaths by Governor Arif Mohammad Khan.