South

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy today threatened to quit as he reacted furiously to questions on lawmakers of alliance partner Congress lawmakers criticising him and saying they considered former chief minister Siddaramaiah as their chief minister. The Congress must control its lawmakers as they are "crossing the alliance line", Mr Kumaraswamy fumed. "If they want to continue with the same thing, I am ready to step down. They are crossing the line," Mr Kumaraswamy told reporters, not hiding his exasperation.

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has been criticized by the BJP after he tweeted about watching his son's film Seetharama Kalyana, which hit the screens last week. Almost the entire Karnataka cabinet watched the film in a special screening on Friday.

A school bus carrying 50 children fell into a culvert in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district this morning, injuring many. Three students are reported to be critical.

The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to withdraw the permission accorded to Karnataka for a detailed project report (DPR) on its proposed dam across the Cauvery river at Mekedattu.

Union Minister Anantkumar Hegde, who is not new to courting controversy with his bizarre takes on sensitive issues, waded into the territory of wild theories on Sunday with comments from who built the Taj Mahal to how to keep "Hindu girls" safe.