Following the arrest of the accused in the Gauri Lankesh murder case, her sister Kavitha and mother Indira Lankesh on Sunday met former chief minister Siddaramaiah and thanked him for taking steps to arrest the accused.

The flood situation continued to be grim across Assam on Sunday, affecting over four lakh people in six districts as five more persons were killed in last 24 hours, taking the toll to nine.

An abandoned baby boy survived after a female cop breastfed it, died at Indira Gandhi Pediatric hospital at Jayanagar here on Sunday.

An assistant professor of Srinivasa Engineering College of Mangaluru who sustained severe injuries in a bike accident on Friday, succumbed to the injuries on Sunday. The deceased is identified as Prof Yashwant Acharya (48).

The Central government is mulling to link MNREGA with the agriculture sector in a way that the rural employment scheme and the demands of labour in agriculture complement each other, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar said here on Sunday.

Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwar said that it is natural to present the new budget when the new government formed as each government will have its own programmes to announce.

Tata Trusts Chairman Ratan Tata and Assam's Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday launched the first 28 branches of the North East Small Finance Bank (NESFB), the region's first small bank.

PWD Minister HD Revanna said that as the JDS-Congress coalition government rule the state for next five years, the party workers should get panic for the words of others.