The Karnataka Public Works Department will begin work in August to widen and improve the road connecting Belagavi city to the airport in Sambra. Minister Satish Jarkiholi, who also oversees the Belagavi district, announced that the ₹72 crore project will cover road widening, four-laning and the removal of traffic bottlenecks.

A 28-year-old youngster, learned to be a native of Nepal, reportedly died suddenly while having dinner at a hotel with his friends on Tuesday night. The cause for death is yet to be ascertained.

The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) arrested a 30-year-old lady in Bengaluru on suspicion of being involved in a terror module. The accused, Shama Parveen, is originally from Jharkhand. She had taken an apartment in the Manorayapalaya area of Hebbal.

The verdict in the sexual assault case against former MP Prajwal Revanna has been deferred by two days. The Special Court for People’s Representatives in Bengaluru was expected to pronounce its judgment on Tuesday, but has now postponed the verdict to August 1.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday urged the Centre to waive loans for the flood and landslide victims from her parliamentary constituency of Wayanad, and lamented the "lack" of central assistance in helping the affected people rebuild their lives.

 Congress MP Praniti Shinde on Wednesday stood by her remarks on Operation Sindoor and said she would not apologise to the BJP’s "trolls and andhbhakts", a day after the saffron party’s workers staged a protest against her in Solapur.

C Chandrasekar, the father of 26-year-old C Kavin Selva Ganesh, who was allegedly murdered in a suspected honour killing in Thoothukudi, has accused the parents of the prime accused of being part of a larger conspiracy and demanded their immediate arrest.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Saturday night intercepted an aid vessel bound for Gaza and reportedly assaulted American labour rights activist Chris Smalls, according to The Guardian. The vessel was part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, an international initiative aiming to break Israel’s blockade on Gaza, in operation since 2010.