Gold prices dropped below ₹1,00,000 in India on Wednesday due to the potential of trilateral peace negotiations between Russia, Ukraine, and the US, reducing demand for safe haven assets, reported NDTV Profit.

Blood samples of the son of a local BJP leader, Shrikrishna J Rao, who has been arrested for raping and impregnating a classmate after promising to marry her, along with those of the victim and the child, were collected on Tuesday to conduct a DNA test.

A Delhi court has ordered the police to conduct an investigation against the Times Now Group Editor-in-Chief Navika Kumar, on Tuesday. ARG Outlier Media, owned by journalist Arnab Goswami, had filed a defamation lawsuit against the host of prime time show The NewsHour telecast, reported the Bar&Bench.

Mangaluru South MLA Vedavyas Kamath raised objections in the Assembly over police restrictions on holding religious programs beyond 10:30 pm in Dakshina Kannada district. He alleged that while the police cite court and government orders, such hurdles never existed when the BJP was in power.

Rawoof Bunder (50), founder of Voice of Blood Donors, passed away on Wednesday afternoon at a private hospital in the city following a brief illness.

In an incident reported from Chikkamaguluru district, a 21-year-old youth allegedly stabbed his father to death while under the influence of alcohol at Gupta Shettihalli near Aldur here.

An eight-year-old boy was injured after being attacked by a stray dog while he was on his way to madrasa in Manjeshwar on Monday morning.

In an accident reported from Circuit House Circle here, two medical students were killed in a head-on collision between their motorbike and a milk transport vehicle on Wednesday morning.