In an incident reported from Ossuru village of the taluk, two children, aged seven and five years, drowned to death on Monday morning, after accidentally falling into a pond while playing in the estate where the pond was situated.

Three men arrested in connection with the killing of a tiger in the Male Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary near Pachchedoddi village in Hanur taluk have been remanded to five days’ custody of the forest department.

The Chennai Police have arrested three residents of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, in Tamil Nadu for the alleged murder of Port Blair-based hotelier Niamat Ali.

Labour Minister Santhosh Lad launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, questioning the credibility of his claim of being a ‘Vishwa Guru’ (world leader or supreme teacher).

 Home Minister Dr. G Parameshwara said on Monday that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that is probing the mass burials case of Dharmasthala in Belthangady taluk, Dakshina Kannada, has been directed to complete the investigation as soon as possible and submit the report.

In the wake of the fire that killed six people at the Sawai Man Singh Hospital's Trauma Centre here, the victims' families accused the hospital staff of disregarding their warning about smoke and fleeing the premises when a blaze eventually broke out.

A 40-year-old Dalit man was allegedly lynched by villagers who mistook him for a thief during a night vigil amid rumours that a gang was using drones for surveillance to mark houses for robberies, police said on Monday.

Defending the social and educational survey — widely referred to as the "caste census" —Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said those opposing the creation of an egalitarian society are making "misleading statements" about it.