Aviation watchdog DGCA has taken off SpiceJet from its enhanced surveillance regime, a senior official said on Tuesday.

Udupi District Superintendent of Police, Akshay Hakay Machindra, has addressed rumors and false messages circulating on social media regarding an alleged incident of filming in a mobile phone inside the toilet of Para Medical College in Udupi. In a press conference held at the Udupi SP office, he clarified that no hidden camera has been found in the college restroom and no complaints have been received by the department regarding the alleged video.

The Janata Dal (Secular) would fight the Lok Sabha elections independently, the party supremo and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, said on Tuesday but appeared to keep the options open amid the recent bonhomie between the party and the BJP.

Four people were grievously injured in a collision between a car and a tipper lorry at Parlottu near Mitturu on the Mani-Mysuru State Highway on Tuesday.

Cases have been registered against owners of three cyber centres for money extortion under the pretext of registration for the ‘Gruha Lakshmi’ scheme of the Karnataka government.

The search operation is underway for a missing youth identified as Suresh (28), hailing from Makke Kolakehole, Jadkal village, Byndoor taluk. The distressing incident occurred when Suresh mysteriously disappeared on the morning of July 23, following a family dinner at his residence in Makkeya Kolkehole on July 22.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and the parent faction of the NCP reportedly worked out a deal at accommodating one another, which is an effort at ensuring the NCP remains intact.

A Delhi court on Tuesday acquitted ex-Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda in a case of abetment of suicide of air hostess Geetika Sharma.