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In a media release, Kumaraswamy stated that there is "no need for the panic" and he will resume campaigning after taking rest. The doctors have said that he developed symptoms of fever after being "tirelessly" involved in election campaigning.

The Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, is likely to visit Arunachal Pradesh in October-November this year, Chief Minister Pema Khandu said on Saturday.

Delhi Police said on Saturday that they neither arrested nor detained former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik after several messages were seen circulating on social media claiming his alleged detention.

Meanwhile, the BJP state president Rajib Bhattacharjee said, “PM Modi has helped the BJP win the 2023 assembly election in all possible ways. Now it’s time for us to gift me the two LS seats to him and bring the BJP into power for the third consecutive term.”

Former Union minister and BJP veteran Subramanian Swamy claimed on Saturday that the Congress top brass, including Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, will go to jail in the National Herald case.

"The way Assam Congress has handled this matter is sad. They ought to have established an inquiry committee and worked things out among themselves. I had believed that the Congress should be dealing with this internally," he told reporters in the national capital.

The state which witnessed heavy rainfall followed by thunderstorms on April 21 caused massive destruction across the state as many as 2461 houses were either severely or fully damaged while 120 families are still living in relief camps.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has upgraded Omicron subvariant XBB.1.16 to a Covid-19 "variant of interest" (VOI) due to its "sustained increase" and "growth advantage" reported from several countries.

"Please maintain peace. Do not be instigated by any kind of provocation from anyone. BJP is trying to create an air of tension in the state. I will not tolerate any such thing," the chief minister said.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), whose sleuths were the first to reveal the massive recruitment irregularities in different municipalities in West Bengal, has submitted a preliminary report to Calcutta High Court giving estimates of proceeds involved in the scam.

Denying accusations of "bullying" civil servants, Indian-origin COP26 president and UK's former Business Secretary Alok Sharma said he was never made aware of any informal complaints or otherwise from the staff, media reports said.

There have been at least 26 million flu illnesses, 290,000 hospitalisations, and 19,000 deaths from flu so far this season in the US, according to the latest data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The decision offered a victory to the Biden administration as it defends access to the drug in the latest fierce legal battle over reproductive rights in the US. The President praised the decision and said he continues to stand by the FDA's approval of the pill, The Guardian reported.

This donation comes from the remaining funds across the government of Canada's various funding envelopes for military assistance to Ukraine, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the news release.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said his government will not accept US "intervention" to fight organised crime, noting his country is capable of combatting it by itself.

The Sudanese Ministry of Health has said that over 400 people were killed and about 3,500 others wounded in the continued clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

After the Agartala-Akhaura rail link project the proposed second rail link connecting Bangladesh from Belonia to the zero-point in Feni in Tripura will enhance the ties with Bangladesh, said state transport and tourism minister Sushanta Chowdhury on Friday.

The meeting, which took place through video-conferencing, was attended by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Indian Ambassador to Sudan, and other senior officials.

Rita Bahuguna Joshi, who is now in the BJP, said: "Sonia Gandhi did call me up and asked to intervene following which I called the district administration and consequently Atiq Ahmed pulled back in that case."

The Haryana government on Friday said no "clean chit" has given by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted to investigate the transfer of land done between Robert Vadra's Skylight Hospitality and DLF Universal Ltd.

A woman, who was shot at in Delhi's Saket court complex on Friday, is said to be critical and sources in the police said that the attacker has been identified. According to the sources, the woman was at lawyers' block in the Court complex when three to four rounds were fired.

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has plunged into a round of diplomacy to help resolve the Sudan crisis and protect Indians there, meeting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and consulting several foreign ministers as international efforts ramped up on the eve of Eid.

A Delhi Police Head Constable and a Constable have been placed under suspension after they were allegedly found running sextortion racket with the help of a girl who used to trap boys through a dating app.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Arunachal Pradesh counterpart Pema Khandu signed the agreement in presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi.

Ross McInnes, Group Chairman of French multinational company SAFRAN, that designs, develops and manufactures aircraft as well as rocket engines, had called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the PMO said on Thursday.