Schools in Belthangady taluk have been ordered to implement tight safety precautions following reports of leopard movement in the area. Authorities have urged for heightened vigilance to ensure the safety of students and staff.

Democrats demanded that federal immigration officers leave Minnesota after a US Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters onto the frigid streets and increasing tensions in a city already shaken by another shooting death weeks earlier.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has expressed severe displeasure about ministers in his Cabinet skipping sessions of the Legislature and has reportedly written to the Cabinet ministers instructing them to unfailingly attend the sessions.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday ordered the immediate suspension of Deputy Inspector General and Deputy Commandant General (DCG) Home Guards Amitabh Srivastava over alleged financial irregularities in the procurement of uniforms in the Home Guards and Civil Defence department.

Recent deaths of wild animals in zoos across Karnataka, including in Davangere, Belagavi and Mangaluru, have exposed a shortage of trained wildlife veterinarians in facilities run by the Zoo Authority of Karnataka, raising concerns over preparedness and institutional support for animal care.

The Karnataka government on Tuesday approved cash rewards for police personnel involved in the investigation of the rape case against former Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna and the probe into the Nyamati bank robbery, recognising their role in cracking the high-profile cases.

Popular Odia music composer and singer Abhijit Majumdar died on Sunday while undergoing treatment at AIIMS Bhubaneswar, hospital authorities said. 

He was 54.

A woman farmer was allegedly tied to a pole and assaulted by members of a neighbouring family after cattle damaged her crop in GR Nagar village of Hanur taluk. A video of the incident has gone viral on social media.