Kochi: Noted Malayalam director and screenwriter Siddique has suffered a heart attack while undergoing treatment for various ailments at a private hospital here, hospital sources said here on Tuesday.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said he has directed the CID to investigate the alleged complaint letter sent to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot by assistant agriculture directors of Mandya district accusing Agriculture Minister N Chaluvarayaswamy of demanding Rs six lakh to Rs eight lakh as bribe.

Calling it a classic example of misuse of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the Karnataka High Court has quashed a case filed against two brothers who are in their fifties over a property dispute.

A team from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrived in Udupi on Tuesday to initiate an investigation into the case involving the unauthorized filming of a video of a student at Netra Jyothi Paramedical College within the college's washroom premises.

Navi Mumbai police in Maharashtra have registered an FIR against BJP MLA Nitesh Rane for allegedly using the word 'Dalit' while speaking to a news channel, an official said on Monday.

The Supreme Court has refused to cancel the bail granted by the Gujarat High Court to an accused who had issued tickets to visitors on the day when the Morbi bridge collapsed last year, leaving over 140 dead.

While the soaring tomato prices across the country have raised concerns among consumers, they are proving to be a boon for tomato farmers. This positive trend has been experienced by two brothers in Chamarajanagar taluk, Rajesh and Nagesh, sons of Krishna Setty from Lakshmipur village.

Forest officers narrowly escaped from a close encounter with a wild tusker during an operation aimed at redirecting the elephant back into the forest near Attigundi Hara of Megur in Mudigere taluk. This effort is a response to the growing incidents of wild elephant attacks in the Malemane, Megur, and Alekhan villages. The Forest Department's primary objective is to confine the wild elephants within the boundaries of their natural habitats.