Having enjoyed the memorable end to his Test career, former England captain Alastair Cook was an emotional man at the end of the final match of the series against India here on Tuesday.

Disappointed by the interference of Minister DK Shivakumar favouring MLA Lakshmi Hebbalkar in the Belagavi district politics, Municipal Administration Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi is said to have complained against DK Shivakumar and Hebbalkar to KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao and Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwar.

Total seven cases were booked against BJP and Congress workers on charges of involving in clashes during Bharat Bandh in the city on Monday. The cases were booked against more than 30 persons in different police stations in the city.

A youth died on the spot when lightning struck him at the Udusalamma temple near Dwaralu on national highway 48 on Tuesday evening.

For not doing the homework, a lecturer has reportedly assaulted a student on his cheek and head, at a college here on Tuesday.

More than one crore fake beneficiaries registered in Anganwadis across the country have been removed from the list, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said on Tuesday.

A rowdy sheeter was hacked to death due to old enmity near Surya Comfort in the city on Tuesday at 9.45 pm. The deceased is identified as Market Giri. It is suspected that he was killed due to old enmity.

Former Union Minister and BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Tuesday flayed the Modi government for blaming international factors for fuel prices reaching an all-time high.