Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday wrote to his Maharashtra counterpart Eknath Shinde requesting him to release water from Warna/Koyna reservoir to Krishna river and from Ujjani reservoir to Bhima river to address the acute drinking water shortage in Belagavi, Vijayapura, Bagalkot, Kalaburagi, Yadagiri and Raichur districts due to severe summer.

Bommai said he himself had favoured a CID probe into the complaints of misappropriation at KKRDB projects but could not go ahead in view of the electoral code of conduct. The Board implements programmes for seven districts falling in the Kalyana-Karnataka (Hyderabad Karnataka) region.

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the outgoing Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief who is facing sexual harassment charges, has stated that he will hang himself if a single allegation is proved against him. The BJP MP has been accused by female wrestlers. Singh has denied all allegations and said that he will accept hanging only if the court finds him guilty. He further added that all wrestlers are like his children and he has worked hard to bring wrestling to the forefront in India.

The Centre is working on a three-pronged approach to bring the warring Meitei and Kuki communities into a narrow common ground for lasting peace in trouble-torn Manipur, sources said on Wednesday. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is currently visiting Manipur, has given clear instructions that violence must end immediately and peace should be restored in the northeastern state as early as possible.

Trinamool’s stories of past betrayal are also floating in the political arena. According to Congress sources, Trinamool has betrayed Congress time and again in Bengal after its victory in 2011, encouraging mass scale defection without any specific reason in Congress stronghold Malda and Murshidabad, people in the know told ET.

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Gujarat Titans star performer Shubman Gill has created history this IPL, smashing the most runs in IPL 2023 and winning the Orange Cap, bagging a whopping cash prize.

The title and first glimpse of Mahesh Babu's upcoming movie, Guntur Kaaram is out, and it's "Highly Inflammable."

The announcement was made public on Ahilya Bai Holkar's birth anniversary who was an inherited noble queen of the Maratha Empire in early modern India.

After Kamal Hassan and Anurag Kashyap, Naseeruddin Shah has voiced his opinion against Adah Sharma-starrer The Kerala Story.

Mukesh Ambani's son Akash Ambani and his wife Shloka Mehta have been blessed with their second child, a baby girl.

Sixteen-year-old Sakshi was stabbed over 20 times and then bludgeoned with a cement slab, killing her on the spot. She was found to have 34 injury marks on her body and her skull was smashed in.

The FMGE registration window will remain open till June 20.

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Analysts attributed the fall in gold prices to the trimming of positions by participants.

Analysts attributed the fall in gold prices to the trimming of positions by participants.

The yellow metal had closed at ?60,520 per 10 gram in the previous trade. Silver also tumbled ?660 to ?72,880 per kilogram.

Despite a high base and evolving economic conditions, ICRA expects a revenue growth of 12-15 per cent for organised jewellers, compared to the anticipated industry growth of 8-10 per cent

With IGI’s extensive network of gemology labs, strong presence in India, and expertise in certifying diamonds, Blackstone intends to leverage its operational capabilities and global reputation to help IGI expand its global footprint and enhance its market position

Silver appears weaker than gold

TRQ will help the Malabar group to import gold through the IIBX at one per cent lesser import duty

According to AMFI data, net inflows into gold ETFs fell by 74 per cent, year-on-year, to ?653 crore in FY23 against ?2,541 crore of inflows in FY22

Mumbai-born brothers David and Simon Reuben held on to their rank as the second-richest in the UK with an estimated net worth of £21.465 billion in the annual Sunday Times Rich List, topped by Russian-origin UK-US dual national Sir Leonard Blavatnik with an estimated fortune of £23 billion.

US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday named Indian-American Rohit Chopra as the head of a federal agency tasked with protecting the interests of consumers financials.

The food drive, a collective effort of cultural and religious communities, yoga institutions, and numerous other organisations rooted in the Dharmic value, has been recognised by many states, cities and local governments, a community release issued said.

Lodha, former president of American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), battled COVID for the last eight months at Cleveland Clinic and breathed his last on November 21. He was 58.

American Secretary of the Rhodes Trust Elliot Gerson announced the names of the 32 Americans chosen as Rhodes Scholars representing the US on Sunday. The four Indian-American students include Swathi R Srinivasan, Vijayasundaram Ramasamy, Garima P Desai and Savarni Sanka.

She belongs to the family of K Suryanarayana Adiga, founder of the erstwhile undivided Dakshina Kannada districts private sector Karnataka Bank Limited, and Aravind Adiga, who won theMan Booker prize in 2008.

Adiga was a senior adviser to Jill and senior policy adviser for Biden's 2020 campaign. She previously worked for the Biden Foundation as director for higher education and military families.

Slogans like- "America Ka Neta Kaisa Ho Joe Biden Jaisa Ho", "Trump Hatao America Bachao", "Biden-Harris ko Jitao, America ko aage badao" and "Jaago America Jaago- Biden Harris ko Vote do"- were also released in 14 Indian languages.

Shivakumar rushes to Belagavi to meet the former Deputy Chief Minister and say that his services to the party will be recognised

Accused of firing air gun at youths at Vayalar causing bullet injuries to one person

World Milk Day will be celebrated on June 1

“The main crux of the claim is that Mountbatten came to India with a specific mandate: to hand over power to Indians to enable the British to exit India as quickly as possible. He asked the soon-to-be Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, how this transfer of power should be conducted, and whether there was a ceremony. There is absolutely no evidence for this”

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP also said all wrestlers are like his children and he will not blame them as his blood and sweat have also gone into their success.

'This business of monopoly of one family must end.''Here, they picked up a few leaders for him as he needed support which was okay, but later, they became his cronies.'

'While this (Mueller's) report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him" and sets out evidence on "both sides of the question'

His condition will be 'assessed' on Monday, the Mumbai Indians team management said.

I am glad to bat anywhere the team wants me to: Pant

A sum insured of Rs 3 lakh to Rs 5 lakh may have been sufficient seven-eight years ago but would be inadequate today, especially for people living in metros, points out Sanjay Kumar Singh.

Raipur's Nami Rai didn't let marriage or lack of sporting facilities affect her love for fitness.

'I am 51 now. I think I can do action till 56.' 'After that, God knows.'