Shivamogga, Dec 8: A minor girl taking care of her mother at McGann Hospital, a Covid care centre here, was sexually assaulted allegedly by four youths near Shivamogga late Saturday evening. One of the accused is a contract worker at the hospital.

Bengaluru, Dec 8: Former Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumarswamy on Monday met sulking Congress leader C.M. Ibrahim and invited him to re-join the Janata Dal-Secular.

Imphal, Dec 8: On the day of the Bharat Bandh call by farmers, BJP's Manipur unit has said that the new agriculture laws are a game changer and they will benefit small and marginal farmers.

New Delhi, Dec 8: The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi has claimed that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been put under house arrest on Tuesday, a day after he visited the farmers protesting at the Singhu border.

Washington, Dec 8: Over 110,000 restaurants across the United States have been closed due to the massive spike in Coronavirus cases across the country, according to the National Restaurant Association, as of Monday.

Washington, Dec 8: US President-elect Joe Biden has selected retired Army general Lloyd Austin to run the Pentagon as Secretary of Defence, according to media reports.

Bengaluru, Dec 8: Taking strong exceptions to the ruling BJP’s plan to table a bill on cow slaughter ban in the on-going legislature session, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president D. K. Shivakumar on Monday demanded the BJP to come out with a firm policy on banning cow slaughter across the country.

Bengaluru, Dec 8: Malavika Hegde, spouse of late CCD founder VG Siddhartha, appointed firm’s CEO Coffee Day Enterprises Ltd (CDEL) on Monday mentioned Malavika Hegde, the spouse of its late founder VG Siddhartha, has been appointed as the corporate’s Chief Executive Officer. CDEL runs a sequence of Cafe Coffee Day eating places in India.

New Delhi, Dec 8: Paramilitary forces have issued detailed instructions for their troops regarding Bharat Bandh and asked them not to remove body protectors and to exercise maximum restraint while dealing with the situation.

Ahmedabad, Dec 8: Protesters blocked three highways in rural Gujarat by placing burning tyres on roads on Tuesday morning as part of the Bharat Bandh called by agitating farmer unions to press for repeal of the Centre's agri laws, affecting vehicular traffic for some time.