Well-known critic Dr. Sumatheendra Nadig (83) passed away at 6: 25 in Bengaluru today morning. Three days ago, he was admitted to the Fortis Hospital in Bannerghatta Road in Bengaluru, due to age-related ailments.

It has been reported that Nadig's body will be kept for public viewing at Maya Indraprastha Apartment on Kanakapura Road.

One of the few commendable reforms during former PM Indira Gandhi’s time was nationalization of banks. Only after that bold step, did the banks that had restricted their services to rich, opened their doors to the poor people. When the impoverished went to banks for loans during the ‘loan melas’ that were held as part of that reform, people even mocked that Indira Gandhi was treating banks like her ancestral property. These loan melas were widely criticized and held responsible for the anticipated collapse in economy. But now, one is understanding in true sense as to who is looting the bank and where they are hiding from the public eye, escaping repayment.

In a stomach-churning incident in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad, parents allegedly killed and then buried their six-year-old daughter inside their home in Chaudharpur village. The girl was malnourished and had developed rickets, police say.

Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji of Pejawar Mutt said that the educated people should not divide the religion.

Responding to the statement of Prof KS Bhagavan on Basavanna and Swami Vivekananda here on Monday, Swamiji said that Bhagavan was an educated and rationalist. Such persons should not indulge in dividing the religion. They should work to take everyone together. His statement was baseless, he said.

BJP workers on Monday urged SP G Radhika to conduct an enquiry into the ‘murder’ of Basavanna and Vivekananda considering KS Bhagavan as a witness as the latter has said that Basavanna and Vivekananda were killed.

The accused arrested in Gauri Lankesh murder case have reportedly alleged before the judge that the police have tortured them..

As the term of the police custody of accused Ganesh Miskin and Amith Baddi was completed on Monday, the SIT officials produced them before the 3rd ACMM court on Monday. During this time, the accused have complained before the judge that the police have tortured them and attacked on their necks, hands and legs, it is said.

Citing the administrative reasons, the state government has transferred 19 IAS officers on Monday.

Writer and progressive thinker Prof KS Bhagavan said that the death of Swami Vivekananda was not natural. It’s a murder. He was strangulated. The government should conduct an investigation into the death, he demanded.