India's fast bowler Avesh Khan has been drafted into the Test squad for the upcoming match against South Africa in Cape Town. The second Test is scheduled to commence on January 3, and Avesh Khan's inclusion follows the absence of Mohammed Shami, who was ruled out due to fitness concerns.

Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Friday said the BJP national leadership will decide whether to take action against senior party MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, who has been publicly making statements and allegations against party's state leaders.

In a tragic incident at Summer Sand Beach on Friday, two individuals who had come to Ullal Dargah from Chikkamagaluru lost their lives after being caught in a wave.

A landslide incident occurred on Friday in Kayaradka near Surikumer, trapping workers under the soil as a hill collapsed.

Jayananda Kulal, a member of the Ganjimutt Gram Panchayat supported by the BJP, was arrested by Bajpe Police on Wednesday for the alleged illegal sale of liquor at a roadside shop in Mogaru village.

The skeletal remains of five members of a family were recovered from a house in Chitradurga district in Karnataka, police said Friday.

Delhi Police has sought the help of its Lucknow counterparts to trace a "cyclist cobbler" who created cavities in the shoes of Parliament security breach case accused Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D to fit smoke canisters in them, sources said.

Amid dense fog disrupting flight operations at the Delhi airport in the last few days, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday said the ministry is coordinating with the airport and airlines, and putting in place measures to deal with the issue.