The indefinite protest, being conducted by the Taluk Tippers Owners Association in Kundapura, Koteshwara and Hemmadi demanding solution for sand problem, entered the second day on Friday.

All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha president Dr. Shamanur Shivashankarappa said that “Minister D.K. Shivakumar has apologized for dividing the Veerashaiva Lingayat community in the name of separate Lingayat religion by the previous government. But former ministers M.B. Patil and Vinay Kulkarni should not have raised voice against Shivakumar”.

“Water Resources Minister D.K. Shivakumar need not be interfered in the separate Lingayat religion issue. I would discuss the issue in the party platform”, former Minister M.B. Patil said.

Two persons fired at canteen workers for questioning them for not giving the bill amount after having snacks in the city on Thursday night.

A housewife of the district died of H1N1 virus at the SS Hospital in RR Nagar in Bengaluru on Friday.

Vishalakshi Devi, the elder sister of late Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wodeyar, died at a private hospital in Bengaluru on Friday evening.

The world renowned 10-day long Mysuru Dasara festivities came to an end Friday with a colourful procession here.

Rajmata Pramoda Devi Wadiyar's mother Puttachinnammanni passed away at a hospital in Mysuru. She was 98.

Puttachinnammanni was suffering from age-related ailments for several days. Following which, she was admitted into a hospital in Mysuru. She stopped responding to treatment and breathed her last on Friday morning.