Indian boxer Vikas Krishan on Friday settled for a bronze medal at the Asian Games in the Men’s 75kg Boxing after he was declared medically unfit to compete in the semifinal match against Kazakhstan’s Amankul Abilkhan. As per a report by news agency PTI, Krishan was declared unfit due to a cut on his left eyelid which he suffered during one of his previous matches in the tournament. The 26-year-old was subsequently ruled out to compete on Friday due to the injury.

A class-2 boy from Mangaluru has extended helping hand to victims of Kerala and Kodagu floods in a unique way.

Muhammad Hisham, a second class student of the Surathkal Katipalla Narayana Guru English medium primary school is the generous boy who came forward for help.

Udupi: The election process for Udupi Municipality that is going on at the government school in Kodavooru was halted for around one-and-a-half hour when the EVM went down.

Berating the country or a particular aspect of it cannot be treated as "sedition" and the charge can only be invoked in cases where the intention is to overthrow the government with violence and illegal means, the Law Commission observed today in a consultation paper on the subject.

The threat of floods might be over in Kerala but the revival process of the sunken state continues with disaster management organisations, armed forces and local authorities continuing their work in getting the people back on their feet. While donations have been received by the authorities in both cash and kind, a generous move comes in from Asian Games 2018 Bronze medal winner in the Discus throw, Seema Punia on Thursday.

A high-level delegation led by a Kerala minister will travel to various Middle East countries and other nations to source funds for rebuilding the state in the wake of this month's devastating floods that have claimed 483 lives, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Friday.

India entered the women's team final in the squash competition at the 18th Asian Games here on Friday. The Indian team of Joshana Chinappa, Dipika Pallikal, Sunayna Kuruvilla and Tanvi Khanna defeated Malaysia 2-0 in the semi-finals.

The Finance Ministry on Friday took notice of a rumour on social media about closure of banks for six days in the first week of September and clarified that the banks and banking activity will continue unimpeded in the week.