​ In a significant development, Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has responded to Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy’s challenge for a public debate on the controversial Bidadi Township Project . In a significant development, Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has responded to Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy’s challenge for a public debate on the controversial Bidadi Township Project . ​ 

​ Here is what British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said as he announced Monday he is stepping down as leader of the governing Labour Party. Here is what British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said as he announced Monday he is stepping down as leader of the governing Labour Party. ​ 

​ Officials said the building on Usha Mehta Marg in north Lucknow, where the fire broke out on a busy Monday afternoon, had originally been sanctioned as a residential property. Officials said the building on Usha Mehta Marg in north Lucknow, where the fire broke out on a busy Monday afternoon, had originally been sanctioned as a residential property. ​ 

​ The dissident group, led by Leader of the Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee, claimed it had secured the support of a significant section of the party’s legislators and functionaries. The dissident group, led by Leader of the Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee, claimed it had secured the support of a significant section of the party’s legislators and functionaries. ​ 

​ Outside, anguished families watched helplessly as thick black smoke and flames swallowed the animation centre on Usha Mehta Marg, where 15 people, most of them students, lost their lives on Monday afternoon. Outside, anguished families watched helplessly as thick black smoke and flames swallowed the animation centre on Usha Mehta Marg, where 15 people, most of them students, lost their lives on Monday afternoon. ​