A US national was allegedly sexually assaulted by the staff of a homestay in this district, police said on Wednesday.

Six people were arrested for allegedly possessing and illegally selling prescription drugs to labourers and college students in the district, police said on Wednesday.

 Vice President C P Radhakrishnan arrived in Karnataka on Wednesday and was warmly received by Governor of Karnataka Thaawarchand Gehlot, and State Forest, Ecology and Environment Minister Eshwar Khandre.

Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker U.T. Khader Fareed has written to the Chief Justice of the High Court of Karnataka, Vibhu Bakhru, seeking the establishment of a Circuit Bench of the High Court in Mangaluru to serve the coastal and Malnad regions.

A grand ‘Tirupati Venkateshwara Temple’ is set to come up atop a hill in Kolikoppa village on the outskirts of Belagavi city at an estimated cost of Rs 100 crore.

Karnataka Congress MLA N A Haris' son Mohammed Haris Nalapad on Tuesday claimed that the 21 hours of search by the ED in his house and other locations did not fetch anything.

Home Minister Dr. G. Parameshwara has directed theDirector General and Inspector General of Police(DGP ad IG) to submit a report in connection with allegations of harassment levelled by Directorate of Civil Rights Enforcement (DCRE) SP S.S. Kashi against Mangaluru City Police Commissioner Sudhir Kumar Reddy, as well as by DCRE Inspector T.R. Srinivas against senior officials.

Karnataka Minister N S Boseraju on Tuesday said that minor irrigation tanks across the state are holding good water storage levels, with the 3,788 tanks under the department’s jurisdiction providing life-sustaining water to a large agricultural command area of approximately 4,45,009 hectares.