New Delhi: The central government has amended the Passport Rules, making birth certificates issued by appropriate authorities the only proof of date of birth for passport applicants born on or after October 1, 2023.

Port Blair: The family of a young man battling for life after a road accident in Andaman is desperately seeking urgent medical evacuation to Chennai, but bureaucratic hurdles and lack of immediate stretcher facilities have left them helpless.

Mandya: In a tragic incident, a software engineer lost his life after a bus collided head-on with the car he was traveling in. The accident occurred near Borapur, close to K.M. Doddi in Maddur taluk, on Saturday afternoon.

Bengaluru: Kritika Kage, daughter of Kagawad Congress MLA Raju Kage, passed away today on Saturday at a private hospital in Bengaluru.

Bengaluru: The state government is committed to transferring 45 acres of land in Hebbal in the city to BMRCL (Namma Metro) for the construction of a multimodal transport hub, Large and Medium Industries Minister M B Patil said on Saturday.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka Janapada Academy has announced the 2024 Janapada Akademi Awards, honoring 30 folk artists, one from each district, with the annual honorary award and two experts with the Janapada Expert Award. Gollahalli Shivaprasad, president of the Janapada Academy, made the announcement during a press conference held at the inner hall of Kannada Bhavan on Saturday.

Patna: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday mocked the BJP-led NDA government in Bihar, asserting that time has come to change the two-decade-old dispensation, much like 15-year-old vehicles are banned in the state for spreading pollution.

Dubai: The presence of five left-handed batters in the New Zealand line-up and the slight calf trouble faced by Mohammed Shami during the Pakistan game may force the Indian team management to play left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh in the Sunday's Champions Trophy game.