Two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu was knocked out of India Open but Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy progressed to the second round on a mixed day for the hosts at the USD 950,000 Super 750 badminton tournament, here Wednesday.

 The high-level committee on Karnataka prison reforms, headed by ADGP (Law and Order) R Hitendra, submitted its report to Home Minister G Parameshwara on Wednesday.

In an incident reported from Balur in Shikaripura taluk, a 51-year-old teacher of the Government Higher Primary School allegedly hanged himself to death in a classroom recently.

The body of a 15-year-old boy who had gone missing earlier in the day was found in a pond near his house at Sambolya Baramelu in Kuvettu village on Wednesday, police said.

The Madras High Court’s Madurai Bench has set aside a police notice issued to journalist Vimal Chinnappan, ruling that the police had no authority to summon or question him in the absence of a registered criminal case. The court held that the action violated established legal procedure and amounted to an abuse of power.

The employees of the Shidlaghatta City Municipal Council on Wednesday staged a demonstration outside their office demanding action against a Congress leader for allegedly threatening the Municipal Commissioner Amrutha Gowda.

The World Bank has projected India’s economic growth at 7.2 per cent in FY2025-26, saying strong domestic demand despite rising global trade tensions, the World Bank said on Tuesday.

 At least 1,318 in-person hate speech events targeting religious minorities were recorded across India in 2025, showing a significant rise in public rhetoric directed largely at Muslims and Christians, according to a new annual report by the India Hate Lab.