At least 15 people were reported to have died, while 25 others, including 11 children, were injured in a collision between a Greek coast guard vessel and a speedboat carrying migrants off the island of Chios late Tuesday.

 Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Wednesday rejected the BJP’s demand for Excise Minister R B Timmapur’s resignation citing large-scale corruption in his department.

Hamas on Tuesday accused Israeli authorities of subjecting Palestinians returning to Gaza through the Rafah crossing to mistreatment, abuse and extortion, describing the alleged actions as collective punishment rather than routine border procedures.

Karnataka Minister R B Timmapur on Wednesday asserted that there was no question of his resigning, as he termed the opposition’s allegations of corruption against him "false and a political conspiracy", even as the BJP and the JD(S) staged protests in the legislative assembly seeking his removal from the ministry.

Karnataka Assembly Speaker U.T. Khader on Tuesday said that special education teachers will be deployed from the next Assembly session to help hearing-impaired children understand the proceedings, The New Indian Express reported.

Fifteen years after Karnataka began a major push to reduce regional imbalance, a new high-powered committee has found that the number of backward taluks in the state has increased, with underdevelopment remaining heavily concentrated in the northern regions.

The Puttur City Police have issued a notice to Congress leader Pratibha Kulai in connection with a case involving a young woman who has accused the son of BJP leader P.G. Jagannivasa Rao of cheating her after allegedly promising marriage.

A dispute allegedly triggered by alcohol consumption turned fatal following an argument over payment for a cigarette, claiming the life of a shop owner in the district, police said on Wednesday.