Mangaluru, Aug 24: Benedict Miranda, Konkani theatre activist and playwright popularly known as Benna Ruzai, passed away on Monday. He was 74.

Udupi, Aug 24: In the wake of the parish priest of Mother of Sorrows Church of Udupi testing positive for Covid-19, the Church management has barred devotees from visiting the church up to August 31 as a precautionary measure.

Mangaluru, Aug 24: In a gruesome incident, a youth from Beltangady in Dakshina Kannada district killed his own father over a trivial issue. 

Mumbai, Aug 24: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Sunday said he has started filming the twelfth season of the popular game show "Kaun Banega Crorepati" (KBC) with proper protection amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Haveri, Aug 24: A 47-year-old doctor allegedly committed suicide by hanging at his house in Basaveshwar Nagar here on Sunday.

Shahjahanpur, Aug 24: A station house officer (SHO) in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur district was suspended following a complaint of sexual assault against him by a 28-year-old woman.

Bengaluru, Aug 25: Karnataka Coronavirus recoveries exceeded infections again with 8,061 discharges even as the state tally rose to 2.83 lakh cases with 5,851 new infections, an official said on Monday.

New Delhi, Aug 24: Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy demanded that the Central government should take action against AYUSH Ministry Secretary Rajesh Kotecha alleging that the latter, during a virtual event hosted by the ministry, said that non-Hindi speaking participants could leave.

Christchurch, Aug 24: The Australian white supremacist who murdered 51 Muslims in last year's New Zealand mosques shooting showed no emotion as his sentencing hearing opened Monday with horrific details of an atrocity prosecutors said was meticulously planned to inflict maximum casualties.