Bengaluru: Close on the heels of Congress allegation and display of some photos in the House that the BJP has kidnapped it's MLA Shrimantha Patil, a photo of BJP leader and former minister Lakshman Savadi with Shrimantha Patil at the airport has gone viral in social media on Thursday.

Mangaluru: Mangaluru City Police on Thursday arrested three people in connection with an assault on a person who allegedly raped cow in Kavoor’s Kunjathbail in Mangaluru.

Bengaluru: The Congress Thursday alleged in the Karnataka assembly its MLA Shreemant Patil, who suddenly disappeared after being with them at a resort and went incommunicado, had been 'kidnapped' as part of efforts to 'topple' the coalition government.

Mumbai: Controversial actor Ajaz Khan has been arrested by Mumbai Cyber Police for posting objectionable videos promoting communal hatred, an official said here on Thursday.

Tokyo: A suspected arson attack at an animation production company in Japan killed 33 people and injured dozens more on Thursday, after a man reportedly doused the building with flammable liquid and shouted "drop dead."

Bengaluru: The son of Kannada writer MM Kalburgi on Wednesday said that his mother has identified one of the accused involved in the murder of the rationalist in a test identification parade, The Indian Express reported. Kalburgi, a Kendriya Sahitya Akademi awardee and anti-superstition activist, was shot dead at his home in Dharwad district in Karnataka on August 30, 2015.

Gandhinagar: In a major blow to the Congress in Gujarat, former party legislators Alpesh Thakor and Dhavalsinh Zala joined the BJP Thursday.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka assembly was adjourned till Friday morning amid acrimony during the debate on the motion of confidence moved by chief minister H D Kumaraswamy to decide the fate of his 14-month-old government.