Authorities sounded high alert across south Kashmir areas on Thursday after militants abducted seven persons connected directly or indirectly with the local police force.

A stranger behaved indecently before four girls when they were walking on the Mangaluru university campus on Wednesday evening. Condemning this sudden development, the students resorted to protest boycotting the classes in front of the Administrative Block of the university and demanded his immediate arrest.

After a dispute on marriage between MLA S.A. Ramadas and herself, Ramadas and his supporters have started threatening her and her family members and now, she is facing life threat from them, said Prema Kumari who is contesting the Mysuru City Corporation election from ward number 57 as independent candidate.

Two labourers who were transplanting at a paddy field were electrocuted when the power passed in the field through snapped wire, at Hosa Malangi village in Kollegala taluk on Thursday.

Earthquake did not take place at Kogre and in its nearby villages. Senior geologists have opined that the strange sound was heard due to heavy rains in the recent past. In this regard, geologists have submitted a report to the district administration and the government.

Banks will remain closed for three days in the first week of September. It’s as usual holiday on September 2 (Sunday) and the banks will function on September 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. However, September 8 is the second Saturday and 9 is Sunday.

The SIT sleuths on Thursday arrested another accused Sagar Lakhe (30) of ganeshpura in the city in related to journalist Gauri Lankesh murder case.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday again hit back at Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley saying that the government was "scared to face people" and had refused a Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Rafale fighter jet deal.