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.

Kalaburagi: A one-and-a-half-year-old child from Aland taluk in Kalaburagi district has died while receiving treatment at a private hospital. The child was admitted due to an illness, but during the medical examination, doctors reportedly found evidence of sexual assault.

Bengaluru: Congress legislators K M Shivalinge Gowda,P M Narendra Swamy, S M Narayanaswamy addressed a joint press meet in Vidhan Soudha on Thursday to provide clarifications on MUDA scam. They said that BJP and JDS were unnecessarily politicizing MUDA issue as they wanted to tarnish the image of an unblemished political leader. Supporting the move of the CM and the speaker in the assembly session, they released MUDA scam documents that happened during BJP's tenure.

Mandya: Lower limits of the Kaveri river are at risk of floods as more than one lakh cusecs of water is being released from the KRS reservoir in Mandya. Heavy rains in the catchment area of the reservoir has caused a tremendous inflow of water into the dam which is being fully let out.

Chikkamagaluru: As a precautionary measure against the backdrop of heavy rains across the district, Chikkamagaluru Deputy Commissioner Meena Nagaraj has issued orders declaring holiday for Anganawadi’s and Primary-High Schools in six taluks of the district on Friday, July 26.

Madikeri: Kodagu Deputy Commissioner Venkat Raja has issued orders declaring holiday for schools and Pre-University college on July 26.