Hubballi: A man who had been accused of theft, Farhan Shaikh, was shot at in the leg by Keshwapura Police after he attacked police officers during a search operation near Tarihal Cross on Gamanagatti Road near the city on Friday morning.

The Kempegowda International Airport continued to witness strong passenger growth, with 1.02 crore passengers from April to June of this financial year, meaning overall passenger traffic has increased by 7.2 percent over the same period of the last fiscal year, according to the Air Traffic Report of the Airports Authority of India. Growth has largely come from international passengers, which grew by 20.3% this quarter.

MPs of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal Secular (JDS) staged a protest on the Parliament premises today, calling for the resignation of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The protest was fueled by allegations of corruption against the Karnataka government, including accusations of misappropriation of funds from the Valmiki Corporation and illegal auctioning of vacant plots by the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA).

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday strongly defended himself in connection with the alleged fraudulent allotment of sites to land losers by Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), including to his wife Parvathi, and asserted that neither he or his family has any role in it.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Friday charged the BJP with levelling allegations against the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in connection with the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allotment "scam" as part of its "conspiracy" against the Congress government.

A massive cargo ship transporting highly flammable oil and solid materials from Mundra port in Gujarat to Colombo, Sri Lanka, caught fire in the Arabian Sea between Goa and Karwar. Currently, the ship is anchored mid-sea near Surathkal, close to Mangaluru's NMPT.

The movement of five trains were affected on the South Western Railway due to a landslide between Dudhsagar and Sonaulim sections on the Goa-Karnataka border shortly after Thursday midnight, an official said on Friday.

Bengaluru: After three years, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has lifted the restriction on heavy vehicles plying on the Peenya flyover connecting Goraguntepalya to the Parle-G factory. The restriction which was imposed due to the replacement of prestressed cables, will be lifted, and all vehicles will be permitted to use the flyover from July 29.