Yeddy has his way, Shettar in as CM 
New Delhi, July 8
The long drawn-out leadership battle in Karnataka ended here today after a beleaguered Sadananda Gowda stepped down as Chief Minister to make way for Lingayat leader Jagadish Shettar.

Jagadish Shettar (L) with outgoing Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda in Bangalore on Sunday. — PTI

Another Vokkaliga CM fails to complete term

PTU colleges fail to fill engineering seats
Chandigarh, July 8
“Bring five new students and get Rs 25,000 as prize money.” This is the incentive that some engineering colleges in Punjab offer to their teachers. There is also a warning: 'Failing, you can lose your job'. This perhaps underlines a new trend: while the Punjab Technical University boasts of 108 colleges under its wing, the seats it offers seem to go abegging.

Man who dug death trap held
Gurgaon, July 8
The police have arrested the owner of the house in which the parents of four-year-old Mahi, who died after falling into an abandoned borewell in front of their house last month, were tenants. The police had registered a case against Rohtash Tayal under Sections 304, 188 and 336 of the IPC. Since then, Tayal had been evading arrest and had also applied for bail. 

400 tourists stranded at Leh rescued 
Leh, July 8
Over 400 tourists and locals trapped at the Chang La in Jammu and Kashmir's Leh district following a massive landslide were rescued today by security forces after a 12-hour operation. Official sources said the tourists were returning after visiting Pangong Lake. They got stuck at Santak — 50 km from Chang La — on the Leh-Pangong road in Durbuk block.

Unexpected water ingress delays boring of Rohtang Tunnel 
Manali, July 8
Inside the deep recess 2,000 ft below the rocky, pine-covered mountainside that forms part of the strategic Rohtang Tunnel, engineers and workers wearing masks, fluorescent jackets and knee-high rubber boots wade through slush and water, as giant boomers and heavy construction equipment rumble about under the glare of floodlights to control and deviate the steady flow of water that was not supposed to have been there in the first place.