The IMD says the cold spell will continue across Karnataka, with Bengaluru likely to feel the chill well into the coming weeks. Warmer conditions are expected only from February.

Controversial slogans directed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi echoed on the campus of Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Monday after the Supreme Court denied bail to student activists Umar Khalid and Sherjeel Imam.

For the second consecutive day, a massive gas blowout at ONGCs Mori-5 well in Andhra Pradeshs Dr BR Ambedkar Konaseema district continued to rage and international experts are being consulted to rein in the fire.