Over 10 lakh Indians have returned from abroad after the government launched the "Vande Bharat" evacuation mission on May 7 in view of the coronavirus pandemic, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday.

 Over one lakh COVID-19 patients have been discharged so far after recovery in Karnataka,as the state on Tuesday reported 6,257 new cases and 86 fatalities.

The death toll in the Idukki landslide rose to 52 with three more bodies being recovered on Tuesday as life limped to normalcy in Kerala even as the flood situation worsened in Assam and Bihar, affecting lakhs of people.

Udupi: Udupi District on Sunday reported 219 fresh cases of Coronavirus taking the total number of cases in the district to 6510. The information was shared by the Health and Family Welfare Officer of the district Dr. Sudhirchandra.

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada District on Tuesday reported nine new COVID-19 related deaths and also reported 243 new cases of the virus in the last 24 hours. The information was shared by Health and Family Department.

 Unable to come to terms with his wife's death, a businessman from Koppal got her life-size silicon statue installed at his residence.

Uttara Kannada: A BJP MP from Uttara Kannada, Anantkumar Hegde has stirred up the controversy by terming Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) employees as "traitors" and who were unwilling to work to develop the state-owned telecom giant. He iterated that the government would privatise the company.

 Flagging fears that the country's GDP growth may even touch its lowest since independence in the backdrop of coronavirus pandemic, Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy on Tuesday said the economy should be brought back on track and people should be prepared to live with the pathogen.