All seven NCP MLAs in Nagaland joined the ruling NDPP on Saturday, giving the CM Neiphiu Rio-led party an absolute majority in the 60-member assembly.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s office on Saturday said that 71 people lost their lives due to excessive pre-monsoon showers in the state since April.

The response is seen as neither an explicit rejection nor clear acceptance of the proposal, but US envoy Steve Witkoff has branded it “unacceptable”. 

​The response is seen as neither an explicit rejection nor clear acceptance of the proposal, but US envoy Steve Witkoff has branded it “unacceptable”.