Two women were found dead with their throats slit, while two others of the family escaped with injuries on the outskirts of the city, in an alleged attempt to die in the face of mounting debt, police said on Monday.

Karnataka has recorded 17 cases under the Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Act, 2022 between 2023 and 2026, with no convictions reported so far, according to figures placed before the Assembly.

The Deputy Commissioner of the Commercial Tax Department, Bharath Kumar Hegde, was caught on Monday while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 6 lakh, Lokayukta officials said.

In a suspected case of road rage, a car driver was allegedly chased and assaulted by two autorickshaw drivers following a minor road incident on Sarjapur Road here, police said on Monday.

A person from Shivapura village in Kadur taluk of the district was allegedly cheated of Rs 1.28 crore after falling victim to a fraudulent advertisement on Facebook. A case has been registered at the cyber police station in this regard.

Nearly 60 people took ill after consuming Ram Navami 'prasad' (consecrated offering) in Bengaluru Rural district, officials said on Sunday.

President Droupadi Murmu will visit the renowned Siddaganga Math on April 1, in what is being described as "a moment of pride" for Tumakuru, its pontiff Siddalinga Swamiji said on Sunday.

A MESCOM lineman died after being electrocuted while repairing an electrical line in Shikaripura town here on Sunday.