The Mullaperiyar row between Kerala and Tamil Nadu continued to create tension in the border area of Kumily on Sunday.

On a day of fast-paced developments on the Mullaiperiyar dam issue, chief minister J.

Seeking to ensure unanimous election of Karnataka chief minister Sadananda Gowda in the December 22 Legislative Council byelection, his predecessor B.S.

Acclaimed cartoonist Mario Miranda, who made Goan landscapes and people come alive on canvas, died at his ancestral home in Loutolim early Sunday after a long illness, family sources said. He was 85.

Former minister B. Sreeramulu has decided to launch his new political party — BSR (Badavara, Shramikara, Raithara or Poor, Workers, Farmers) on Saturday and is likely to support an Opposition plan to defeat Karnataka chief minister

Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa is reportedly pulling out all stops to prevent incumbent chief minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda from filing his nominations for the Legislative Council on Monday.

With the series under their belt, India would look to sign off on a winning note before heading off to the gruelling trip to Australia when they take on a spirited but inconsistent West Indies in the fifth and final one-dayer here on Sunday.

Former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa could be on the comeback trail. If not as chief minister in the coming months, then at least as the BJP’s state unit president.

In the backdrop of Kerala pushing hard for an out of court settlement on the vexatious Mullaperiyar issue, Tamil Nadu government has decided not to send its public works and water resources department secretary M. Saikumar for talks with Kerala on December 16.

External affairs minister S.M. Krishna on Friday moved the Karnataka high court seeking a stay on proceedings initiated against him by the Lokayukta court on a private complaint alleging his involvement in illegal mining during his tenure as state chief minister.