Taking a dig at CM Yediyurappa, former Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy on Monday added that god should bless Yediyurappa to use the government funds and money appropriately, he was addressing a press conference at Hassan here.

An anonymous call to police claiming that a bomb had been planted in a popular mall here sent security agencies into a tizzy on Monday as people were swiftly evacuated and extensive searches carried out in the building, but it turned out to be hoax.

In a tragic road accident one person died when he rammed into a private bus while trying overtake a KSRTC bus on Mani Mysuru road in Puttur Taluk’s Kabaka village on Monday evening.

A stampede broke out near a temple here on Monday, leaving one person dead and at least eight injured, police said. The incident took place at the Ashok Dham temple here, situated in Town police station area of the district, where a huge throng of devotees had turned up to pay obeisance to Lord Shiva on the last Monday of the auspicious month of 'Shravan'.

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday announced an assistance of Rs 5 lakh each to those who have lost their houses completely in the floods and landslides, to take up construction work.

With rains subsiding in many parts of Kerala, search operations are on in landslide-hit Kavalappara and Puthumala in Malappuram and Wayanad districts, as the toll in the monsoon fury climbed to 76 and 2.87 lakh people have sought refuge in relief camps.

A luxury car was snatched allegedly at gunpoint by some unidentified people in South Delhi's RK Puram area, police said on Monday.

On a mission to cut debt in Reliance Industries, billionaire Mukesh Ambani on Monday announced plans to sell stakes in the firm's oil and chemicals business to Saudi oil giant Aramco and in fuel retail network to BP plc for Rs 1.15 lakh crore, and said its telecom unit Jio will begin offering fibre-based broadband services from next month.