The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered its projection of India’s economic growth for the current financial year to 6.8% from 7.4%. This comes amid warnings of a global recession by top financial bodies across the world; Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and his predecessor BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday began the BJP’s election tour ahead of the state assembly polls next year; A BJP supporter in Karnataka's Chikkamagaluru district has been accused of locking up 16 Dalit people and “torturing” them for days in his coffee plantation; and other top stories.