Bengaluru: For clothing and other essential materials, the state government has decided to pay the additional compensation of Rs. 50,000 to Kodagu flood victims from the chief minister’s relief fund; assured revenue and skill development minister RV Deshpande.

Mandya: A couple, along with their two children, committed suicide by consuming poison in Sunkatonnuru in Pandavapura taluk.

Objecting to the statement of BJP state president B.S Yeddyurappa indirectly, BJP MLC Lehar Singh said that “It is not fair to drag the central government and PM Modi for everything. Using the name of the Prime Minister for our small goals, tarnishing his image and exhibiting that the centre would take revenge is not a good development”.

“No Congress MLA has gone to Mumbai. Congress-JDS coalition government was safe. Our MLAs would not join hands with the communalists by yielding to any kinds of temptations”, said former chief minister Siddaramaiah.

Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) state delegation led by Advocate Abdul Salam visited Hangal in Haveri district and met injured people who were admitted to the Haveri District Hospital after being allegedly beaten by police during violent incident which was reported  on Tuesday in Hirur village during Ganesh festival.

In an unexpected development, Chief Minister H.D Kumaraswamy rushed to the official house –Cauvery- of former Chief Minister and Coalition government Coordination Committee Chairman SIddaramaiah on Friday morning.

Hosapete: A 14-year-old girl was killed, and more than 50 people were injured when a building collapsed at Chittawadgi in Hosapete this morning.

The chief minister was referring to constant rumours of the BJP allegedly offering monetary enticements to MLAs of the Congress and JD(S) to switch loyalties in a bid to come back to power.