A 35-year-old man in the city, Mallesh, was hacked to death using lethal weapons near the Guddekal flyover. The suspects are absconding, said the city police.

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ramesh Jigajinagi has called the appointment of B.Y. Vijayendra as the new President of the Karnataka unit of the BJP as the work of members belonging to the higher sections of society, adding that the Dalit members have been neglected by the party high command.

District Superintendent of Police Dr. K Arun has said that Praveen Chowgale, the man detained in relation to the murder of four members of a family at Nejaru, including a woman and her three children, has been subjected to intense questioning as a part of the investigation by the district police team.

Senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot has said his party will form government in at least four states in the upcoming assembly polls and that would be a clear indication as to which way the wind is blowing for the 2024 general elections.

India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat against New Zealand in the first semifinal of the World Cup here on Wednesday.

Operations to rescue 40 labourers trapped in a tunnel have been hampered after a landslide at the site and technical problems with a drilling machine being used to create an escape passage, officials said.

Posters dubbing former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy as 'current thief' surfaced on the walls near his house a day after the Bengaluru Electricity Supply Company registered a case of power theft against him.

Freedom fighter and veteran Marxist leader N Sankaraiah died here on Wednesday following illness, CPI(M) sources said.