Karnataka is emerging as a leading hub for AI, analytics, data centres, cybersecurity, deep tech, and sustainable technologies, IT Minister Priyank Kharge said on Wednesday, reaffirming the state government’s commitment to fostering innovation-driven growth.

Police have arrested a government school teacher in Beed district of Maharashtra for allegedly sexually harassing and molesting girl students of Classes 3 and 4, officials said on Wednesday.

Police have launched a drive against noisy loudspeakers in Muzaffarnagar city and removed more than 55 loudspeakers from various mosques for alleged violation of Supreme Court guidelines on sound limits, officials said on Wednesday.

Several opposition leaders on Wednesday slammed Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's remarks that the country's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, wanted to build the Babri masjid using public funds, and accused him and the ruling BJP of distorting historical facts.

 At least three people, including a child, died and seven others were injured after their car hit a divider while overtaking a bus in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district on Wednesday, police said.

A Delhi court on Wednesday extended the NIA custody of Jasir Bilal Wani, a key accused in the Red Fort blast case, by seven days.

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said that the Sanchar Saathi app is another version of Pegasus spyware and accused the BJP-led government of trying to spy on the people who voted it to power.

Dakshina Kannada District In-charge Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao, who inaugurated a state-of-the-art AstroTurf football stadium near Nehru Maidan in the city on Wednesday, said that greater facilities would be provided to sportspersons at the stadium in the days to come.