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With the number of ministerial berths capped at 15 percent of the strength of the 224-member Karnataka Legislative Assembly, deciding whom to induct and whom to leave out is a challenge for Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, said Minister for Home and IT-BT Priyank Kharge in Kalaburagi on Monday.

A woman from Chhattisgarh was arrested alongside two others in Hyderabad on Monday for their alleged involvement in an inter-state drug trafficking network that supplied ganja procured from Odisha.

Priests performed rituals for the sacred Krishna river at Pathalaganga and brought the holy river water back in ceremonial vessels; Monday was the fourth day of the ongoing five-day ‘Varuna Yagam Sahitha Sahasra Ghatabhishekam’

The AIADMK rebel leader wonders what had happened to the influence of general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami in 187 constituencies if he was instrumental in the AIADMK’s success in 47 constituencies

The Gandhi Mandiram-Freedom Fighters Smruthi Vanam came up on 50 cents of an old park allotted by the Municipal Corporation on January 30, 2022; hundreds of students will take part in the Independence Day programme

Jharkhand CID arrests ex-JPSC chairperson over irregularities in recruitment exams; Mr. Khiangte had been questioned four times since July 28

Bharath Gupta criticises Intelligence department for its failure to prevent the murder of the party leader; accuses YSRCP of being responsible for all the three murders that had taken place in Kurnool over the past two years

Patra Sowjanya, a Kommu Koya dance artiste from Tummala in Chintoor mandal, was about a year old when Maoists killed her father, Patra Mutyam, a postman and dancer, in 2014; she and her mother, Patra Jayamma, were in Vijayawada for World Adivasi Day

Agriculture Minister says purchases will begin at fixed prices and promises interest-free loans and State aid to growers

The District Health and Family Welfare Department and the District RCH Division jointly inaugurated the National Deworming Day (NDD) drive at the Government Lower Primary School, Ambedkar Chowk, in Yadgir on Monday

Investigators must first check missing-person records and alert the District Missing Persons Unit/Missing Persons Squad to ascertain whether anyone matching the description has been reported missing.

In Colombo, Sarfaraz Khan stepped in as a replacement for Sai Sudharsan ahead of the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka. As the Indian team geared up for the series opener on August 15, the squad undertook a rigorous net practice, strategically adapting to the dry, cracked pitch conditions similar to those typically seen on Day 4. Captain Shubman Gill emphasised teamwork, collaborating intensely with throwdown specialists and coaches to fine-tune his batting ahead of the match.

The district unit of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions staged a protest in Kalaburagi city on Monday, demanding the immediate implementation of the revised minimum wages notified by the State government and urging the Centre to withdraw the VB-G RAM G Act and the four labour codes.

Former Minister S. Regupathy said the government should introduce a Bill to give legal status to Tamil Thai Vazhthu