A voter turnout of 76.52% was recorded in Uttara Kannada district, including 66.02% in Bhatkal taluk, in the Karnataka Legislative Council’s West Graduates’ Constituency election held from 8 am to 4 pm on Friday.
Bhatkal Town police have arrested a 32-year-old man in connection with the theft of a Tempo Traveller parked beside National Highway 66 at Mankuli in September. The stolen vehicle was allegedly taken to Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh, according to the investigation.
25-10-2026
The Congress high command has reportedly asked the Karnataka government to probe alleged attempts to conduct sting operations targeting Chief Minister D K Shivakumar and his Keralam counterpart V D Satheesan, party sources said on Friday.
Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar has granted sanction to prosecute suspended IAS officer Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar in a case linked to alleged irregularities in the KPSC recruitment process, his office said on Saturday.
Three people, one of them a nine-year-old boy, were injured in an explosion following a suspected gas leak at a storage facility used by a chaat shop in Rajarajeshwari Nagar here on Saturday morning, police said.
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alin attacked the TVK government, alleging that free ration rice was being polished and sold at Rs 30 per kg under the guise of fine-quality "Sanna Raga Ponni" rice across cooperative outlets in the state.
The Congress on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of choosing to cover up the "sins of the thieves", who stole donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, instead of initiating a comprehensive investigation, and demanded that the PM break his silence on the issue.
AISA president Neha Bora appeared before the special executive magistrate (SEM) at Mandir Marg Police Station on Saturday, a day after the Delhi High Court dismissed her plea challenging a police notice directing her to execute a Rs 10,000 "peace bond" with one surety.
22-10-2026
Gulf Medical University (GMU), the flagship academic institution of Thumbay Group, has made its debut in the QS World University Rankings: Arab Region 2027, ranking 125th overall and first in the Arab Region for international student ratio.
An Indian national was killed and two others were injured in an attack on Dammam airport in Saudi Arabia, officials said on Thursday, a day after another compatriot was injured in a drone attack targeting the kingdom's Shaybah oilfield, amid a spate of strikes by Yemen's Houthi rebels on key infrastructure in the country.
Amid flight cancellations in Saudi Arabia that have disrupted the travel plans of Umrah pilgrims, the Bhatkal Community Jeddah (BCJ) has reached out to a family from Bhatkal stranded by the disruption and assured them of all possible assistance.
21-10-2026
The US and India are “pretty close” to making a trade deal, which will be much different than the earlier pacts, US President Donald Trump said here.
Hundreds gathered at Mahatma Gandhi’s statue at Parliament Square in London on Saturday for a protest organised by the Opposition Congress and UK-based Indian students’ groups against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
At least 10 people, including six of a family, were killed and several injured in a fire at a seaside resort in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar district on Saturday, according to officials and local media reports.
24-10-2026
Tilak Varma smacked 51 not out as India beat New Zealand by four wickets in the second T20I to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series here on Saturday.
Sanju Samson maintained his remarkable consistency this calendar year with a sublime 67 off 33 balls as India pulled off their highest chase in T20 cricket, overcoming a mid-innings stumble for a four-wicket win in the series-opener against New Zealand here on Thursday.
India and the West Indies fittingly shared a closely-fought T20 series 2-2 after the rain-marred fifth and final match was called off 7.4 overs into the hosts’ innings here on Saturday.
