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Gayathri Shanthegowda, an MLC, will be the lone woman Minister in the Cabinet; Laxmi Hebbalkar was the lone woman Minister in the Cabinet headed by Siddaramaiah

Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari's reply in Parliament on July 29 on the nationwide rollout of E20 petrol raises more questions than it answers

Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Satish Patel won the Manjalpur by-election. He defeated Congress nominee Bhikhabhai Rabari by over 30,000 votes. The by-election was held after the death of senior BJP MLA Yogesh Patel. This victory increases the BJP's strength in the Gujarat Assembly to 162 members. The Congress party now holds twelve seats in the assembly.

Water level in the KRS reservoir, which was around 98.8 ft. against its capacity of 124.8 ft. on August 2 evening, crossed the 100 feet mark on August 3

In a sarcastic remark, V.D. Satheesan says he is ‘unaware that the previous Chief Minister' had observed a fast during the 2018 floods

Public prosecutor Manish Rawat said that after examining the detailed order, “appropriate action” would be taken before the higher courts

Manu Bhaker, who won two medals at the Paris Olympics, shared a long message on X on Sunday. She did not mention any particular incident but spoke about the increasing use of abusive language in everyday conversations. Manu created history at the Paris Olympics 2024 by becoming the first Indian athlete in the post-Independence era to win two medals at a single Olympic Games.

Two Congress MLAs resigned from the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Monday. They were unhappy over their exclusion from the state cabinet expansion. Supporters of one MLA protested, alleging unfair treatment by the party. Twenty ministers are set to take their oath later today. These resignations intensify discontent within the ruling party.

The petitioner said the ordinary people were finding it extremely hard to commute in Central Delhi due to prolonged traffic snarls due to the protests and demonstrations

Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan decided not to pass any interim orders for the present since the pleadings were incomplete

In a significant development, the West Bengal STF is delving into a terror recruitment ring that is tied to Pakistan and is targeting youth via online channels. Allegedly, Hamim Mondal exploited social media and gaming sites to scout and assign roles to recruits. For instance, Arpita Sarkar met Mondal on Instagram, while Aditya Singh linked up through an online game.

USA cricketer Bodugum Akhilesh Reddy has been banned from all cricket for eight years after an ICC tribunal found him guilty of three Anti-Corruption Code breaches linked to the 2025 Abu Dhabi T10. He was found to have attempted match-fixing, encouraged a teammate to participate, and deleted evidence during the investigation. His ban is effective from November 21, 2025.

Robotic-assisted surgeries helps reduce postoperative pain and blood loss, shorten hospital stays and facilitate faster recovery among patients

The sea has advanced nearly 100 metres inland at Kavugoli, completely destroying the Cherangai-Kavungoli coastal road

Unusual whale and seabird sightings in the Southern Ocean suggest changing ocean conditions. Marine heat waves are affecting waters around Australia and Antarctica. These warming events disrupt food webs and push marine life off course. Limited monitoring hinders understanding of these significant ecosystem shifts. Better long-term data is urgently needed to track these accelerating changes.

The DMK demanded measures to stop Karnataka’s proposed Mekedatu balancing reservoir project, the complete waiver of farmers’ loans, and the declaration of the delta districts as drought-affected

Peethala Murthy Yadav submitted representations at the VMRDA office and the Collectorate, alleging that ₹75 crore was moved to a private bank at an interest loss of about ₹1 crore, and sought a forensic audit

Justice Kauser Edappagath allows the bail, with conditions, reasoning that the accused have been in remand for more than 60 days and they have no other criminal history

Vijay's latest venture, Jana Nayagan, is proving to be a box office success following its release, having crossed the impressive Rs 200 crore threshold over its second weekend in theaters. However, the film has recently seen a decrease in daily earnings as it began its second week. Current estimates reveal that the total collections in India have reached Rs 206.38 crore, marking a slight slowdown in momentum.