Honnavar: In an incident reported in Areangadi, Honnavar taluk, a 31-year-old auto rickshaw driver, lost his life on Tuesday evening after he was mowed down by a truck driver who was attempting to kill his old friend over financial dispute.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Wednesday claimed that he has done no wrong, and did only the party work, for which he has faced a lot of troubles.

In a tragic incident following heavy rainfall in Bhadravathi taluk, two brothers, identified as 32-year-old Beeru and 35-year-old Suresh, lost their lives after being struck by lightning in their farm near Hunasekatte Junction on Tuesday night.

After securing the title of the top run-scorer in the recently concluded ODI World Cup, former India captain Virat Kohli has opted to skip the upcoming white-ball matches in India's South Africa tour. The tour is set to commence with a T20 International on December 10 in Durban.

Seven individuals belonging to a higher caste have been booked for an atrocity case in Yeslur, Sakleshpur. The case involves the destruction of coffee and banana plants cultivated by a Dalit family, coupled with caste-based insults hurled at the family.

In an incident reported on Monday night, a government officer, identified as Naveen Kumar, who serves as the secretary of the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) in Sullia, faced public criticism for driving erratically and dangerously on the national highway near Arambur in the taluk.

A professor at the IIT Madras has been suspended allegedly over the recent death of a student on the campus, the institute's spokesperson said on Tuesday.

The parents of a woman from Hebbatta village of the taluk, who recently killed her child and committed suicide, have filed a complaint with the Srinivaspur Police officers, as the body of the child was exhumed from the burial ground on the outskirts of the village, giving rise to suspicion of indulgence in sorcery.