Tumkur: More than 25 passengers were seriously hurt in a series of crashes that took place between a car, a lorry and a bus near Urukere on the outskirts of the city on NH-4.

Kundagol: Three persons, including two children, were killed after a house collapsed at Yarguppi village, in Dharwad district early on Tuesday.

Bengaluru: Holding senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah responsible for the current political crisis in Karnataka, former chief minister Jagadish Shettar Tuesday claimed that the Congress-JD(S)coalition government would fall anytime after May 23.

Hubballi: BSY is telling that the alliance government will be toppled after the Lok Sabha polls and he will become chief minister. Should BSY, who did not work when he was in power, become CM to go to jail again?" the former chief minister Siddaramaiah questioned.

Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah Tuesday termed the growing clamour within his party to make him chief minister once again as an expression of supporters' "affection", but said he still stands by his word about not contesting the next assembly polls.

Three people died on the spot while two others have been rushed to Government hospital in critical condition after a bike collided head-on with a truck near Ittangihal of Vijayapura city here on Tuesday afternoon.

Mysuru: Mysuru Police on Tuesday received a call threatening about bomb blast at Mysuru Palace here in the city followed by which the ancient monument was put on high alert before being cleared after thorough inspection by police department and bomb squad.

Mysuru: An aged couple was found brutally murdered at their house in Mysuru on Monday night. The incident was reported from Nagawala locality of the city.