A 58-year-old woman collapsed and died while waiting in queue for darshan at the Lord Ayyappa shrine in Sabarimala on Tuesday, sources in the district administration said.

Lokayukta police officials carried out a file inspection at the Regional Transport Offices in Mangaluru and Udupi on Tuesday in connection with a case involving tax evasion during the registration of a luxury car.

Rejecting the claims of any divisions within the ruling Congress in Karnataka, amid talks of leadership change, Home Minister G Parameshwara on Tuesday asserted that the government is intact, and there is absolutely no problem.

 Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has given in-principle approval to create a separate cadre for wildlife veterinarians and recruit 15 doctors soon, Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre said on Tuesday.

In a tragic incident reported from Aman Nagar in Belagavi city, three youths died of suffocation, while a fourth is fighting for his life, after they lit a charcoal fire inside a closed room to combat the cold weather.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday said that a fresh Detailed Project Report on Mekedatu Balancing Reservoir Project across the Cauvery river would be submitted to the authorities at the centre following the Supreme Court order calling Tamil Nadu's objection as premature.

The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board is set to launch a new initiative called 'Blue Force', which will utilise robotic and AI-based technology to curb water leakage and crack down on illegal water and sewage connections across the city.

Custom sleuths arrested a passenger at the international airport here and seized hydroponic ganja valued at Rs 1.34 crore from him.