Bengaluru, Oct 24: Samajwadi Party (SP) unit of Karnataka has announced to give unconditional support to candidates of Janata Dal (Secular) in the upcoming state assembly by-polls scheduled to be held on November 3.

Washington, Oct 24: The initial phase of the COVID-19 lockdown, which was imposed through March and April in several countries, may have dramatically altered people's personal eating and sleeping habits, according to a new study based on a first-of-its-kind global survey.

Bantwal, Oct 24: Within a day after the cold-blooded murder of rowdy-sheeter Farooq in Bantwal taluk, the cops today managed to arrest one of the accused in the case after opening fire at him at Gundya. Two more accused managed to escape. 

Bengaluru, Oct 24: A doctor taking the Covid test of vehicle users not wearing masks was assaulted by two riders in North Bengaluru on Thursday, police said. The doctor initially filed a police complaint but forgave the riders after they apologised. 

Doctors from an urban primary health centre were posted near Kodigehalli Circle to subject riders not wearing masks or maintaining social distance to Covid tests.

One doctor stopped two men riding a scooter without wearing masks and asked them to take the Covid test.

Bengaluru, Oct 24: The state government hopes to save costs on Covid testing by adopting pooled sampling. In this process, instead of testing just one sample in one test tube, five samples are used.

Bengaluru, Oct 23: Putting an end to uncertainty over the future of youths, the Karnataka government has decided to reopen colleges and diploma classes across the state from November 17.

Chikkaballapur, Oct 23: A 40-year-old man and his 12 year-old son died on the spot and two others sustained injuries when their house collapsed on them while they were asleep last night, at Vaijakurarahalli in Chintamani taluk in the district.

Hassan, Oct 23: Thousands litres of diesel spilled on the road when a tanker overturned on the National Highway 75 at Mangaluru-Alur route, near Alur taluk in the district, on Friday.

Bengaluru, Oct 23: Paramilitary forces arrived in the city on Friday and it will be deployed in sensitive areas during the by-election to Rajarajeshwari Nagar Assembly constituency scheduled for November 3.

Mangaluru, Oct 23: A gang of miscreants today hacked a youth to death at Bolangady near Melkar in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district.