Mangaluru/Udupi, Sep 4: Coastal Karnataka today witnessed another spike in covid-19 cases. While Dakshina Kannada reported 428 new coronavirus positive cases and seven deaths, Udupi reported 186 cases and two deaths in past 24 hours.

Bengaluru, Sept 4: Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said officials have been instructed to extend their action against drugs and ganja supply in tier 2 and 3 cities and in various districts, as he noted that "new dimensions" are emerging from investigation into its menace here.

Mangaluru, Sept 4: A District Armed Reserve (DAR) personnel, accused of raping a teacher from Bengaluru, has gone absconding. A case has been registered at the women’s police station in Mangaluru in this regard, and police have launched a manhunt.

Gwalior, Sept 4: Rains and potholed roads were no deterrence for a Jharkhand man who drove over 1,200 km on a scooter, with his pregnant wife sitting pillion so that she could appear for an exam for aspiring teachers here in Madhya Pradesh.

Bengaluru, Sept 4: A self proclaimed fact-finding committee, which visited the recent violence affected areas of K G Halli and D J Halli in Pulakeshinagar constituency in Benglauru, has claimed that “the riots were pre-planned and organised and the mob has specifically targeted certain prominent Hindus in the area.”

Bengaluru, Sept 4: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president DK Shivakumar, who was discharged after recovering from Covid-19, has been admitted to hospital again after he developed fever and cough, party sources said.

As Americans grapple with problems of racism and power, a newly declassified trove of White House tapes provides startling evidence of the bigotry voiced by President Richard M Nixon and Henry Kissinger, his national security adviser.

Karnataka, Sept 4: The Central Crime Branch (CCB) on Friday detained Kannada actress Ragini Dwivedi for questioning, following a search operation at her residence in Bengaluru.

Karachi, Sept 4: Pakistan's white-ball cricket captain, Babar Azam has told his English county, Somerset that he would not display the logo of any alcohol beverage company on his shirt during the ongoing T20 Blast event in England.

Bengaluru, Sep 4 : A six-member central team would visit Karnataka on September 7 for three days to survey the flood-hit districts for assessing damage caused by heavy rains and granting relief aid, a minister said on Thursday.