Continuous heavy rain triggered a hill collapse that struck two houses near Kodi in the Montepadavu area under the Manjanady Gram Panchayat limits, leading to the death of a woman late Thursday night.

Persistent torrential rainfall has led to widespread flooding across several areas of Ullal taluk, severely disrupting daily life and forcing multiple families to relocate.

Following days of relentless rain, a 10-year-old girl lost her life when a retaining wall collapsed onto her house near Belma village in Kanakare, close to Deralakatte.

Veteran Kannada writer, acclaimed poet, playwright, and academic Dr. H.S. Venkateshamurthy passed away on Friday at the age of 80. He had been admitted to the hospital due to age-related ailments and breathed his last early this morning, according to medical sources.

A local journalist and his wife here posted a video on social media accusing a sub-divisional magistrate, a nagar panchayat chairman and a contractor of harassment and consumed poison on camera on Thursday, police said.

Five migrant labourers were killed and several were injured in a blast in a firecracker manufacturing and packaging unit near a village in Punjab's Sri Muktsar Sahib district on Friday, police said.

New Delhi: People of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) are part of India's "own family" and the day is not far when they will return to the Indian mainstream by listening to their inner voice, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday.