The Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB) has decided to allow visually impaired students appearing for SSLC and II PUC examinations to write their papers using computers from the current academic year.

A case has been registered at the Karkala Police Station against three doctors of Spandana Hospital in Karkala based on the Udupi District Surgeon’s report, accusing the doctors of causing the death of a patient due to negligence.

A major job fraud case involving ₹5.30 crore has come to light in Bengaluru, where a family of three and their associates allegedly cheated more than 20 job aspirants by promising government employment using fake political influence, The New Indian Express reported on Wednesday.

The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday declared that it would withdraw its remaining forces from Yemen, bringing an end to what it described as its “counterterrorism” mission, amid escalating tensions with Saudi Arabia over developments in the country’s south.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and Bengaluru Development Minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday said the state government would not provide houses to encroachers and would rehabilitate only eligible evictees on humanitarian grounds.

Thailand on Wednesday released 18 Cambodian prisoners of war held for five months, fulfilling the terms of a ceasefire agreement the two countries signed to end bitter fighting along their border.

Even before the first ballot is cast for the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) elections in Maharashtra’s Thane district, two BJP women candidates have secured victory in the absence of a contest.

Protests triggered by Iran’s worsening economic conditions spread to universities and commercial centres on Tuesday. Students joined shopkeepers and traders in demonstrations against soaring prices and the sharp fall of the national currency, according to semi-official media reports.