More than 50 people fell ill after drinking contaminated water in Madenur village of Ramdurga taluk in Belagavi district on Wednesday.

Two professors from Tumkur University, Dr. H. Nagabhushan, professor in the Physics department, and Dr. D. Suresh, coordinator of the Chemistry department have been included in the list of the world’s top scientists released by Stanford University, a prominent American educational institution. 

A state transport bus fell into a gorge near Talabetta as the driver lost control over the bus while returning from Mahadeshwara Hills in Hanur taluk, but there is no fatality.

The seer of Kanchugal Bande Math here was suspected to have been honey trapped and blackmailed, which allegedly forced him to end his life, police sources said on Wednesday.

A recent post on Sonia Gandhi on the Twitter handle of Kannada actor and former Congress MP Ramya has surprised many.

The Karnataka government has issued an advisory urging people to adhere to COVID-19 appropriate behaviour in view of newer sub-variants of Coronavirus being reported in neighbouring Maharashtra.

Ramanagara: The seer of Kunchagal Bande Mutt here, who was found hanging on Monday morning, allegedly killed himself over "blackmail", police said.

The Sagara police visited the residence of Kannada writer Na D’Souza on Tuesday, in the backdrop of the writer receiving death threats recently.