Kapu: The bike rider died as the bike rammed into the divider in the NH-66 at Kapu on friday afternoon.

New Delhi: Former Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy, an accused in a multi-crore rupee illegal mining case, was Friday allowed by the Supreme Court to visit his hometown Ballari to see his ailing father-in-law.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy Friday said the coalition government headed by him would complete its five-year term and any talk of mid-term polls now is "irrelevant".

Mumbai: Noted academic and prominent civil society member, professor Ram Punyani has received threats and verbal abuse from unidentified goons on June 6. The former IIT Bombay professor, who is also a well-known rationalist, received the threats by phone at night.

Belthangady: As many as six livestock were killed when they were being transported illegally in a luxury car on Friday in Mundaje. The accident reportedly occurred when the driver of the car lost control over the vehicle. The men in car have escaped after the incident.

Ahmedabad: Gujarat cadre IPS officer R S Bhagora, convicted (rpt convicted) in the 2002 Bilkis Bano case, was dismissed from service by the Union Home Ministry on May 30, a day before his retirement, a senior state government official said Friday.

Amaravati: In what could be an unprecedented move, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy Friday decided to have five deputy chief ministers under him in a full 25-member Cabinet.

Mumbai: A cricketer-cum-coach from Bhandup was attacked with choppers near a petrol pump shortly before midnight, police said here on Friday.