Bengaluru: Taking note of severe drinking water woes in some places due to lack of rain in the last few days, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday chaired a meeting in which he directed district administrations concerned to take immediate measures to ease people's worries.

Chamarajanagar: In a case reported from GP Mallappapuram of Kollegal town, Chamarajanagar district, a 43-year-old man took his own life by hanging at his residence on Sunday, just five days after his wedding.

Kannada film actor and BJP member of the Rajya Sabha Jaggesh, accompanied by his wife, met Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar at a guest house in the city on Monday.

In a devastating incident, a young couple, engaged to be married, lost their lives due to asphyxiation caused by a gas leak from a geyser in their home in Tarabanahalli, Chikkajala. The victims have been identified as Chandrashekhar, a native of Gundlupet, and Sudharani from Gokak. Both were employed at a hotel near Nandi Hills.

Two individuals tragically lost their lives and four others sustained severe injuries when their car collided with a lorry while attempting to overtake it near Vijayapura Gate on National Highway 4, close to Chitradurga, on Monday morning.

Bengaluru: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in most parts of coastal Karnataka and some pockets of interior Karnataka for the next three to four days.

Shivamogga: HP Manjappa, head of the Vanashri Residential School in Sagara, was detained by the police on Saturday, in relation to the unexpected and suspicious death of 13-year-old Thejaswini, a student of the school.

Kalaburagi: District In-charge Minister Priyank Kharge has said that steps will be taken to prevent and control posting of derogatory and even false matter about national leaders on social media.