The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has made elaborate arrangements for operating 2,000 extra buses from Bengaluru to various places from October 30 to November 1, in view of Deepavali festival, officials said on Saturday.

Amid protests by farmers in Vijayapura who have been served notices by the Karnataka Board of Waqfs to vacate their ancestral land, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Saturday said the state government will review the situation.

The US hired a chartered flight to deport Indian nationals who were staying in the country illegally, the Department of Homeland Security has said, noting that this has been done in cooperation with the Indian government.

Senior Advocate and Supreme Court Bar Association President, Kapil Sibal, on Saturday expressed concern over the tendency of liberal judges' rulings evolving after their elevation to High Court Chief Justice positions. He observed that judges with a liberal stance often appear to adjust their judgments subtly as they aspire for further elevation to the Supreme Court.

A court in Mangaluru has sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a 23-year-old woman in 2016.

Saudi Arabia has condemned Israeli air strikes on military targets in Iran, which occurred on Saturday. The Israeli military targeted military bases, missile sites, and other systems in various regions of Iran.

At least 75 people have fallen ill in 13 states of U.S. following an E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders, with 22 individuals hospitalised and two developing severe kidney complications, according to federal health officials. One death has been reported in Colorado.

Police in Navi Mumbai have registered a case against a company and its owners for alleged use of a font without the permission of a firm that had developed it, an official said on Saturday.