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After two Independent MLAs in Karnataka withdrew support to the Congress-JD(S) alliance, Maharashtra BJP minister Ram Shinde on Tuesday said the HD Kumaraswamy-government will "come down" within two days.

Goa Power Minister Nilesh Cabral today said his department has become "defunct", which is why he was unable to bring out a white paper on its functioning.

Amid the political turmoil triggered by charges of horse trading flung at each other by the ruling coalition and the BJP, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said today that things were "under control" and there was no reason for worry.

A top Congress leader on Wednesday said a list of 16 party candidates in Kerala for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls will be ready by February 20.

The BJP, which is facing the prospect of a tough fight in the upcoming national election in Uttar Pradesh following a tie-up between Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav, is ready for the challenge, Union Health Minister JP Nadda said. The party had anticipated the ganthbandhan, he added.