Karnataka would switch over to battery-driven electric buses in Bengaluru and phase out polluting diesel vehicles for public transport over the next five years, a senior Minister said on Wednesday.

The idea of creating a 'Hindu Rashtra' led to four activists being murdered by one nameless underground organisation. The organisation has members from Sanatan Sanstha, Hindu Janajagruti Samiti and many other right wing organisations, according to the Special Investigation Team (SIT).

An FIR was booked against actor-cum-social activist Prakash Raj on charges of making a statement on cow, at Hanumantha Nagar police station here on Wednesday.

BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa made a serious allegation that “telephones of former chief minister Siddaramaiah, mine and other leaders are being tapped in the state and though I have raised the issue earlier, no action was taken”.

While travelling, Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy noticed a girl selling flowers on the roadside and stopped his car to listen to her plight here on Wednesday.

The Madrasas in the district have turned into shelters for hundreds of people who have lost everything due to flood and landslides. Irrespective of any differences, the people from all castes and religions have got shelter under one roof and thus, it has become a place for harmony.

The body of a person from Katageri village who was trapped under the mud when the hill was collapsed found on Wednesday after continuous search operation.

Bodies of mother and her daughter found at a tank in Hilikere near Devangi in Thirthahalli taluk on Wednesday morning.