21-10-2026
Sakshi Naik, a student of Sri Guru Sudhindra (SGS) College in Bhatkal, has been selected as a University Blue in shuttle badminton at the inter-university level competition organised by Karnatak University, Dharwad.
Abdussalam Puthige, chief editor of Kannada daily Vartha Bharati, has called for collective efforts by social organisations to promote Hindu-Muslim brotherhood, overcome mutual suspicions and build a society free from social evils.
Work on the four-laning of the National Highway passing through Bhatkal has gathered pace in recent weeks, raising hopes that the project could be completed by the end of October, except for stretches where disputes remain unresolved.
22-10-2026
Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Wednesday said the state government had initiated steps to fill 7,925 vacant police posts, while 5,911 personnel had been recruited over the past three years.
The Dussehra ‘Jamboo Savari’ procession was cut short on Wednesday after an elephant carrying the howdah went out of control, triggering panic among spectators.
22-10-2026
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Wednesday welcomed the special executive magistrate's order releasing its leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, with founder Abhijeet Dipke calling them "much, much bigger leaders" than him.
A special executive magistrate court on Wednesday ordered the release of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka after they gave written undertakings that they won't breach peace or call for protests at Jantar Mantar as long as the site remains denotified.
AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday welcomed the special executive magistrate (SEM)’s order releasing CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka from judicial custody and said the entire nation stands with them.
18-10-2026
The Thumbay College of Veterinary Medicine and Gulf Medical University today brought together scientists, veterinarians and industry leaders at Thumbay Medicity for Advances in Camel Science, a multidisciplinary international seminar on camel health, reproduction, surgery and rehabilitation.
An Indian national was killed while at least 10 others were among the more than 300 people injured in an attack at Saudi Arabia’s international airport in Riyadh, the Indian Embassy said on Sunday.
Medical graduates in the UAE and across the region now have a direct route into specialist training in the European Union. Thumbay Group and George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Târgu Mureș (UMFST), one of Romania’s leading public medical universities,
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.
18-10-2026
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.
Keemo Paul's 5 for 41 followed Shai Hope's first-innings 102 not out as a clinical West Indies beat India by 24 runs in the fourth T20I to level the five-match series 2-2 here on Wednesday.
