Bengaluru: A 'tippler' sent police of at least four southern states, including Karnataka, into tizzy by making a hoax call threatening bomb blast, officials said.

Bengaluru: Five members of a family including two women died after drowning while they were reportedly swimming in Kalyani river in Nelamangala Taluk on Saturday afternoon.

Chamarajnagar: A 37-year old Elephant Drona known as for carrying golden ‘Howdah’ during 2017 and 2018 Dasara died on Saturday after collapsing while drinking water here at the Thithimathi Elephant Camp in Karnataka’s Nagarahole National Park.

Mumbai: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Saturday claimed that his party and the allies have a significant lead over the BJP-led NDA at the end of the first three phases of Lok Sabha polls, wherein voting has taken place in 303 constituencies.

Mysuru chapter of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has appealed to Muslims to stand outside a church here while Sunday service is underway to offer solidarity to Christians following the terror attacks in Sri Lanka that killed over 250 people.

New York: A 33-year-old Indian-American engineer has announced to challenge the Democratic senator from New Jersey in 2020.Hirsh Singh, known as a supporter of President Donald Trump, will seek the Republican nomination for the US Senate in 2020 against Cory Booker, according to the New Jersey Globe news website.

Bengaluru: Two workers who were cleaning the drainage at K G Halli’s Taneery Road of the city, died of suffocation inside the drainage here on Saturday.

 The Delhi Police has filed a case against cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir for "holding a political rally without taking permission", on the directives of the Election Commission today. The BJP's latest recruit had not taken permission for his rally on April 25 in Delhi's Jangpura, violating the model code of conduct, the Election Commission said.