President of Dandeli taluk Horata Samiti and advocate Ajith Nayak was brutally murdered in Dandeli last night at around 11pm. Ajith was found in pool of blood near bus stand on J.N road. Locals immediately rushed him to the nearby hospital but he breathed his last on the way.

The Indian Medical Association’s 12-hour nationwide strike to protest against the National Medical Commission Bill is getting a good response in Karnataka.

More than 1,000 rockets belonging to an 18th-century warrior king Tipu Sultan have been found by excavators in an abandoned well at Hosanagara taluk near Sagar in Shimoga.

 Lok Sabha Member Shobha Karandlaje said that it was not fair to demand separate status for North Karnataka as it would not solve all problems.

The lorry owners who were on indefinite strike for the last one week seeking fulfillment of their demands including toll-free traffic, bringing diesel under GST and other demands, called of their strike on Friday following the central government’s intervention in the strike.

After arresting government employee Rajesh D Bangera in the Gauri Lankesh murder case, the SIT officials intensified their investigation in the district.

If the JDS-Congress coalition government has done injustice to North Karnataka, a fight for separate North Karnataka state would be launched on the line of ‘Telangana model’ fight, said Molakalmuru MLA B Sriramulu.

Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, former chief minister Siddaramaiah, ministers, MLAs and others had darshan of the mortal remains of Dr. G Shivaprasad, secretary of Siddhartha Education Society and brother of Deputy Chief Minister Dr. G Parameshwar. They paid homage to the departed soul and consoled the family members.