Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed pain at the loss of lives in an explosion in Karnataka's Shivamogga district and said the state government is providing all possible assistance to the affected.
An explosion of a truckload of explosives, suspected to be meant for mining, killed at least six people in Karnataka's Shivamogga district on Thursday night and sent shockwaves in neighbouring areas, police said.
Shimoga: A loud mysterious noise in parts of Shimoga and Chikkamagaluru districts on Thursday night here shocked people. The noise was heard at around 10:15 pm.
Expelled AIADMK leader V K Sasikala, serving a jail term and shifted to a hospital here with complaints of fever and breathlessness, tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday, an official bulletin said.
A 22-year-old man died while playing a Kabaddi match at a village in Chhattisgarh's Dhamtari district, police said on Thursday. The incident took place in Goji village under Kurud development block where a Kabaddi championship was underway on Wednesday, an official said.
A large number of people remain infected with the coronavirus in England and the rate of new infections was not dropping even 10 days into the latest stay-at-home lockdown, an ongoing government-backed study said on Thursday.
Members of a parliamentary panel on Thursday flagged the issue of proposed changes in the privacy policy of WhatsApp and highlighted concerns of Indian citizens, sources said.
Karnataka has registered 674 fresh cases of coronavirus and 2 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 9.34 lakh and the toll to 12,187, the Health department said on Thursday.
Kasargod: Custom officials on Thursday intercepted a car on which an illegal 2 kg Gold was being smuggled and arrested two people from Belagavi in this connection.
Gokarna: In a tragic accident reported from Gokarna, three tourists from Bengaluru died of drowning after being washed away by high tide on Thursday evening.
