US President Donald Trump has launched a new round of attacks against the US media, accusing them of being able to "cause war".

In a flurry of tweets on Sunday, the President continued to cast the media as the "enemy of the people," saying "They purposely cause great division & distrust. They can also cause war!"

 The legal team defending the main accused in the Gauri Lankesh murder case seem to be preparing for a long, protracted battle. They have filed a petition against four magistrates of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) courts who presided over the proceedings of the cases and alleged lapses on their part in following the Supreme Court guidelines. They have been accused of dereliction of duty and acting with a strong bias against their clients, mainly Amol Kale, Suchith Kumar, Amit Degwekar and Manohar Edave – who are among the main suspects arrested in connection with plotting and executing Gauri Lankesh’s murder. These men are also implicated for the foiled murder attempt on KS Bhagwan, a Kannada writer. The high court is expected to take up the matter for hearing on Monday.

A 21-year-old CPM activist brutally killed with lethal weapons at Mangalpady near Uppala on Sunday night. The victim has been identified as Somkalu resident Azeem’s son Abubakar Siddiq.

A warden of Cherlapally Jail here remained untraced after sending a suicide note and selfie video to higher authorities late on Sunday.

K. Srinivas alleged in the suicide note and video that the jail superintendent has been harassing him. The warden held him responsible for his death.

At least 82 people have been killed after a powerful earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter scale jolted the Indonesian island of Lombok, officials said.

Also, hundreds of people have been wounded by Sunday's quake, disaster management officials said, BBC reported.

All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha president Dr Shamanur Shivashankarappa said that in a way, he was responsible for the separate Veerashaiva-Lingayat religion row in the state.

Considering the prosecution’s objection that the accused was not given the chance for the cross examination by the sessions court, the Karnataka High Court has quashed the death penalty awarded to an accused in rape and murder of a six-year-old girl.