
A plea has been filed before the Attorney General of India K.K. Venugopal to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against Bollywood actress Swara Bhaskar for her alleged derogatory remarks against the Supreme Court in connection with its verdict in the Ayodhya title dispute. ...

Pandit Jasraj, the doyen of Indian classical music, passed away at the age of 90 in New Jersey, the US, on Monday. "With profound grief we inform that Sangeet Martand Pandit Jasraj ji breathed his last this morning at 5.15 EST due to a cardiac arrest at his home in New Jersey, USA," a statement issued by his family read....

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Bidens lead over President Donald Trump has narrowed since last month, according to a new national poll....

The Karnataka government has decided to recover the cost of public and private properties destroyed in the Bengaluru city riots last week from the rioters, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa said on Monday....
The Congress on Monday claimed that it has many times tried to raise the issue of content manipulation with social media platforms Facebook and WhatsApp, but in vain....

The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) will operate special Onam services to Kerala starting August 24, an official said on Monday....

Senior Advocate Rajeev Dhavan on Monday told the Supreme Court that his client Prashant Bhushan will file a review petition against the apex court's August 14 verdict to hold the activist-lawyer guilty of contempt of court for his tweet criticising the judiciary. ...

The Tamil Nadu state government has decided to reopen retail liquor shops in Chennai from Tuesday onwards after a gap of several months. ...
Finally, Rajasthan has got a new state Congress chief in Ajay Maken, who replaced former state party president Avinash Pandey after the political crisis which left the state government on the verge of collapse. However, the issues were sorted out by the intervention of senior party leaders in Delhi....

The Supreme Court Monday said life should move on even in Covid-19 times and declined to entertain a plea seeking the postponement of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), slated in September. ...