Bengaluru, Aug 26: The Karnataka government on Wednesday announced that all colleges in the state will reopen from October. Deputy Chief Minister and Higher Education Minister Ashwath Narayana CN said the academic year for various degree courses will start from September with online classes, and offline classes will be conducted starting October.

Bengaluru, Aug 26: As Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) get ready to start their three-week camp at the ICC Cricket Academy, the franchise's think tank has revealed that they would be opting for a personalised training approach this season.

Bengaluru, Aug 26: The state-run Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) is ready to resume its services in the tech city amid COVID pandemic, an official said on Wednesday.

"We are waiting for the Central government's clearance to resume operations on east-west and north-south routes in compliance with the standard operating procedures (SOPs) of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and guidelines of the Union Health Ministry to ensure the safety of commuters," the official told media persons.

Mangaluru, Aug 26: Senior Congress leader and former minister B Ramanath Rai on Wednesday alleged that the new sand policy that aims at entrusting sand extraction to Karnataka State Mineral Corporation and Hutti Gold Mines will result in injustice to traditional sand extractors in the CRZ area in Dakshina Kannada.

New Delhi, Aug 26: Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi approached the Delhi High Court against Netflix's upcoming web series 'Bad Boy Billionaires', through advocate Vijay Aggarwal.

New Delhi, Aug 26: Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday hit out at the Centre and said that refusal to pay Goods and Services Tax (GST) compensation to States is nothing short of betrayal on the part of the Narendra Modi government.

Mumbai, Aug 26: As the shooting for some of the entertainment programs has begun in India's entertainment capital Mumbai, actor Anushka Sharma on Wednesday said the industry needs to embrace the change that coronavirus has brought in while working post lockdown.

Mangaluru, Aug 26: M K M Mustafa, president of Mangaluru Central Market Merchants Association, passed away today after a brief illness. He was 59.

Mumbai, Aug 26: A four-year-old boy was on Tuesday pulled out from the rubble of a five-storeyed building that collapsed in Raigad district of Maharashtra, police said.

New Delhi, Aug 26: The central government on Tuesday said that Punjab National Bank (PNB) has informed the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) that it has received USD 3.25 million (the equivalent of Rs. 24.33 crores) as the first tranche of recoveries in fugitive Nirav Modi case from the USA.