Rumblings in the Congress unit in Karnataka were expected to be calmed when Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy, DK Shivakumar, joined hands – literally – in a show of unity on Monday. Chaotic scenes, however, continued to play out on Tuesday.

Police probing the case of sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl and robbery in Pune found that the assailants on a motorcycle allegedly threw red chilli powder into the car occupants’ eyes to impair their vision before committing the other crimes.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in a phone call Tuesday that Moscow’s ally Iran has a “right” to develop a peaceful nuclear programme, the Kremlin said.