Bengaluru: A Mumbai-based student studying journalism died mysteriously at a hostel in Kothanur police station limits here on Thursday.

Mangaluru: A case was registered against putting up a banner appealing all Hindus to come together to build ‘Hindu Nation’ in the name of Hindu Janajagruti Samiti in view of Hindu Rashtra Jagruti convention to be held in Mangaluru on January 27. The case was registered against the organizers about organizing the anti-Constitutional programme.

Mysuru: A woman hanged her twin children before committing suicide at Bandipalya in the city on Thursday. The deceased have been identified as Asha Gowda (30), Sourya Gowda (8) and Supreeth Gowda (8).

Bengaluru: Water Resources Minister DK Shivakumar said that the department has planned to give Rs 1 crore each as prize to 60 gram panchayats which construct more check dams in order to improve the groundwater table in the state.

Bengaluru: Strongly brushing aside the statement of a self declared cyber expert that slain journalist Gauri Lankesh, who knew about tampering of Electronic Voting Machines before 2014 Lok Sabha elections, was agreed to write about it in her magazine due to which she was killed, Kavitha Lankesh, sister of Gauri Lankesh, said that “as per the information I knew, it was completely false. I don’t know as to why he has given such statement? I would not believe that my sister was targeted in EVMs tampering issue”.

Bengaluru: Congress MLA J N Ganesh, facing an attempt to murder case after allegedly assaulting his lawmaker colleague Anand Singh, Thursday purportedly came out with his account, blaming the latter for the turn of events.

Ahmedabad: Police Thursday arrested two aides of Gujarat BJP leader and former MLA Chhabil Patel in connection with the killing of ex-party legislator Jayanti Bhanushali, who was shot dead in a moving train.

Bengaluru: The ruling Congress-JD(S) coalition in Karnataka will take a decision on seat sharing for the coming Lok Sabha elections in three or four days, coalition coordination committee chairman Siddaramaiah said Thursday.