Around 500kg of specialized chemical to neutralize the effect of chemical leakage from LG Polymer plant at Gopalapatnam on the outskirts of Visakhapatnam, was airlifted from Daman in an Indian Coast Guard plane on Thursday afternoon.

A man was arrested in Surat city of Gujarat on Friday for allegedly beating up a migrant from Jharkhand over booking of train tickets. While opposition Congress claimed that accused Rajesh Verma is a BJP worker, the ruling party denied it.

Although both the state and central governments have relaxed restrictions of the lockdown primarily to steer the economy back on track, the rising number of Covid-19 cases across Karnataka is likely to further delay reopening of schools and colleges for the 2020-21 academic

Ash gourd farmers of Thirthahalli, who are in distress with no takers for their produce, have a reason to smile now — a sweet smile at that.

Cyber experts have recorded 30-35% rise in fake news on social media during the lockdown while the internet usage has gone up by 30%.

The second gaur, that had taken refuge in a puddle on the banks of Phalguni river near Kulur bridge last evening, moved from there in the early hours on Thursday.

Karkala taluk had launched several innovative programmes during the academic year to ensure that students performed well in the SSLC exams. The taluk is aiming at 100% results. Block education officer (BEO) GS Shashidhar had launched

Former chief minister of Karnataka and Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Friday asked the state government to demand a special economic package of at least Rs 50,000 crore from the centre to deal with the coronavirus crisis.

Bandra, Majestic and now Mangaluru railway station. Misled by fake forwards on social media that trains were being run to take them home, more than 800 migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Assam and Bihar gathered at the station on Thursday and held protests after their hopes were dashed.

Even as health authorities are scrambling to find answers on who ‘P-0’ as far as First Neuro Hospital is, Dakshina Kannada district on Saturday reported three more positive cases. The trio have emerged primary contacts of P-578, a 69-year-old male from Kasba village in Bantwal taluk, who in turn was the primary contact of P-390, the first victim of Covid-19 in this coastal district. P-390 is among the three victims of Covid-19 in the district.

As the Karnataka government allowed liquor vends to reopen during the third phase of nationwide lockdown on Tuesday, Mysuru registered sale of liquor of over Rs 10 crore as tipplers queued up at liquor stores on day one.

A 19-year-old pregnant woman was murdered by her husband in Madikeri town on Wednesday.

Nazarbad police suspect a revenge murder after two friends of a man, stabbed to death on Monday, killed the brother of an accused.

District minister ST Somashekar on Thursday said that IAS officer Harsh Gupta submitted his report on the Nanjangud cluster case in a hurry and indicated that it should have been probed thoroughly.

Residents of Belattur in Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar district heaved a sigh of relief as a constable attached to Begur police station, who had visited the village on Monday, tested negative for Covid-19.