The Karnataka High Court has directed Belthangady MLA Harish Poonja not to make any further hate speeches or repeat offences under criminal sections already filed against him.

The Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) has strongly condemned the provocative slogans raised by CPI(M) activists in Vandur, who threatened to chop off the hand of MediaOne Managing Editor C. Dawood. The threat was issued during a protest organised by the party’s Vandur Area Committee, where activists declared that “if he spreads false stories against the party, his hands will be chopped off.”

In response to growing concerns over declining Class 10 (SSLC) results in Karnataka, the Department of School Education and Literacy has rolled out a comprehensive 29-point action plan aimed at improving student performance.

In a heartbreaking ordeal caused by the ongoing statewide drivers’ strike in Odisha, a 95-year-old woman was left with no choice but to walk nearly 20 km—10 km each way—to receive her final dose of an anti-rabies injection.

A traffic police constable was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a complainant, Karnataka Lokayukta officials said on Thursday.

Inmates of the Indore Central Jail will soon be making spices which would be available for the outside world too, besides the prison’s own kitchen.

Security forces arrested three militants, belonging to two proscribed outfits, from three districts in Manipur, police said on Friday.

The police have busted a prostitution racket in Navi Mumbai, leading to the arrest of three persons and the rescue of five female individuals, including minor girls, an official said on Friday.