A voter turnout of 76.52% was recorded in Uttara Kannada district, including 66.02% in Bhatkal taluk, in the Karnataka Legislative Council’s West Graduates’ Constituency election held from 8 am to 4 pm on Friday.
Bhatkal Town police have arrested a 32-year-old man in connection with the theft of a Tempo Traveller parked beside National Highway 66 at Mankuli in September. The stolen vehicle was allegedly taken to Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh, according to the investigation.
24-10-2026
Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Friday urged External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to intervene urgently to ensure the safe and early return of over 600 Umrah pilgrims from the state stranded in Saudi Arabia amid the escalating security situation in the Middle East.
The EC received 2,28,917 Form-7 applications in Karnataka between June 16 and October 22, according to official data, amid allegations of bulk submissions during the ongoing SIR of electoral rolls.
Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar has directed Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh to conduct an inquiry into the incident in which ministers were allegedly prevented by police officers from entering the Nandi Dhwaja (Nandi Flag) puja venue at the Mysuru Palace premises.
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A probe into a man's disappearance led police to an alleged counterfeit currency printing unit at his house in Kollam, where they seized printing equipment and other materials linked to fake notes worth around Rs 2.5 crore, officials said on Saturday.
The Chamber of Trade and Industry (CTI) has urged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to postpone the INDIA bloc's November 1 rally at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan until after November 10, warning that it could disrupt business worth Rs 10,000 crore during the peak Diwali shopping season.
At least three people were killed and three others were injured in an explosion at a house, where firecrackers were reportedly stored, in Bihar's Siwan district on Friday, officials said.
22-10-2026
Gulf Medical University (GMU), the flagship academic institution of Thumbay Group, has made its debut in the QS World University Rankings: Arab Region 2027, ranking 125th overall and first in the Arab Region for international student ratio.
An Indian national was killed and two others were injured in an attack on Dammam airport in Saudi Arabia, officials said on Thursday, a day after another compatriot was injured in a drone attack targeting the kingdom's Shaybah oilfield, amid a spate of strikes by Yemen's Houthi rebels on key infrastructure in the country.
Amid flight cancellations in Saudi Arabia that have disrupted the travel plans of Umrah pilgrims, the Bhatkal Community Jeddah (BCJ) has reached out to a family from Bhatkal stranded by the disruption and assured them of all possible assistance.
21-10-2026
The US and India are “pretty close” to making a trade deal, which will be much different than the earlier pacts, US President Donald Trump said here.
Hundreds gathered at Mahatma Gandhi’s statue at Parliament Square in London on Saturday for a protest organised by the Opposition Congress and UK-based Indian students’ groups against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
At least 10 people, including six of a family, were killed and several injured in a fire at a seaside resort in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar district on Saturday, according to officials and local media reports.
22-10-2026
Sanju Samson maintained his remarkable consistency this calendar year with a sublime 67 off 33 balls as India pulled off their highest chase in T20 cricket, overcoming a mid-innings stumble for a four-wicket win in the series-opener against New Zealand here on Thursday.
India and the West Indies fittingly shared a closely-fought T20 series 2-2 after the rain-marred fifth and final match was called off 7.4 overs into the hosts’ innings here on Saturday.
Keemo Paul's 5 for 41 followed Shai Hope's first-innings 102 not out as a clinical West Indies beat India by 24 runs in the fourth T20I to level the five-match series 2-2 here on Wednesday.
