Vijayapura: Passengers had a narrow escape when the bus they were travelling in from Bengaluru to Vijayapura was gutted in fire moments after they deboarded it on Friday morning, police said.

The return of the Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), also known as 'monkey fever,' has been confirmed in Shivamogga district. A 53-year-old woman residing in Attisara village near Shedgar in Theerthahalli taluk tested positive for the disease during an RT-PCR test.

A collision between a KSRTC bus, en route from Raichur, and an auto-rickshaw near the Central Prison on the outskirts of Kalaburagi town resulted in the instantaneous death of two women on Friday afternoon.

BJP chief J P Nadda on Friday condemned as "shameful" the Karnataka incident where a Dalit woman was assaulted and paraded naked, saying such "heinous crimes" against women are happening "at regular intervals" since the Congress came to power in the state.

BJP MPs from Karnataka on Friday staged a protest in the Parliament complex against an incident in Belagavi where a woman was assaulted and paraded naked.

In a recent operation, the Central Crime Branch Police in Bengaluru successfully dismantled an illegal activity racket, resulting in the arrest of individuals involved in vending foreign cigarettes, illegal LPG cylinder refilling, and operating gambling outlets. The raids led to the confiscation of cash, cigarettes, and cylinders collectively worth lakhs of rupees.

A convict serving life imprisonment in the church blast case has been granted parole by the High Court of Karnataka for two weeks.

Israel's defence minister said it will take months to destroy Hamas, predicting a drawn-out war even as his country and its top ally, the United States, face increasing international isolation and alarm over the devastation from the campaign in Gaza.