A seven-year-old girl was abducted by a man and bludgeoned to death with a brick after a failed rape attempt here, police said on Saturday. The accused was arrested following an encounter with police.

A biker had a close encounter with wild elephants while riding on the national highway connecting Bandipur National Park in Karnataka and Ooty in Tamil Nadu. The incident, which took place on Friday, was captured on video by an eye-witness.

Two men were arrested by the Belthangady Police on Friday night for transporting cattle without the necessary documentation. The incident occurred in Maddadka, where the police intercepted a pickup vehicle carrying two cows, an ox, and a calf.

A group of animals, including eight gharials and a jungle cat, arrived safely at Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) in Bengaluru after their transport truck overturned in Telangana. The animals were being relocated from Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park, Patna, as part of an animal exchange program.

A jawan of the Tripura State Rifles (TSR) allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service weapon while he was posted on security duty at a coal mine in Chhattisgarh's Korba district, police said on Saturday.

The Indian government is set to cultivate a workforce of one million skilled workers to meet the rising demand for trained personnel across its flagship schemes involving a dozen central ministries. The Ministry of Skills Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has begun consultations with 12 central ministries to assess their specific requirements for skilled labor to support the effective implementation of these initiatives, according to a senior government official.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) continued searching for documents at the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) office for the second consecutive day on Saturday.

Karnataka School Education and Literacy Minister Madhu Bangarappa on Friday launched the Shiksha Co-pilot, an AI-powered digital assistant for government school teachers which aims to improve learning outcomes.