Kolar, Dec 15: A First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against 7,000 unknown people including 5,000 contract workers in connection with violence and vandalism at the facility of Wistron Pvt Ltd, manufacturer of iPhone, at its plant in Kolar, police said.

Bengaluru, Dec 15: Four corporations of the state-run Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC), services of which have returned to normal on Tuesday, has incurred a loss of Rs 53 Crore due to four-day protest launched by the employees demanding treatment on par with state government employees.

Mangaluru, Dec 15: BJP Karnataka Unit President and Lok Sabha member Nalin Kumar Kateel laid the foundation for the construction of coastal berth and capital dredging at Bengre near here on Monday evening.

Bengaluru, Dec 15: Former prime minister and supremo of Janta Dal (Secular) JD-S, HD Deve Gowda has clarified once again that the party will not support the anti-cow slaughter bill which will be tabled on Tuesday in Legislative Council of Karnataka.

Mumbai, Dec 15: The Maharashtra Assembly on Tuesday extended time for the privileges committee to submit its report on breach of privilege notices against Republic TV's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami and actress Kangana Ranaut till the last day of the next Legislature session.

Beijing, Dec 15: The China National Space Administration on Tuesday announced that the country's Mars probe, Tianwen-1, is currently more than 100 million km away from Earth and is functioning normally.

London, Dec 15: Britain's capital will be placed under the highest level of coronavirus restrictions from Wednesday amid a "very sharp" spike in COVID-19 cases in London and its surrounding areas and a new variant of coronavirus being identified as responsible for the "faster spread", the UK government announced in Parliament on Monday.

Puttur, Dec 15: A senior leader of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh was killed in a ghastly road mishap at Polya near Kabaka under the limits Puttur Traffic Police Station in Dakshina Kannada district in the early hours of Tuesday, December 15.

Bengaluru, Dec 15: Lending credence to speculation that he could be back in the JDS, Congress MLC CM Ibrahim on Monday met JDS national president HD Deve Gowda at his residence. Former CM HD Kumaraswamy and Gowda — who was confined to bed for a few days over back-related issues — spoke to Ibrahim, though the details of the meeting are not clear. It is said that Ibrahim is being offered an important post in the JDS, a party he quit over serious differences with Gowda about 16 years ago.