Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has expressed his condolences following the tragic fire incident at a cracker store here at Attibele, which claimed 12 lives on Saturday.

More than four firecracker outlets were gutted and three individuals were injured after a major fire broke out at a firecrackers shop while unloading firecrackers near Attibele, Anekal Taluk.

In a recent judgment, the Karnataka High Court ruled that a wife engaged in an adulterous relationship cannot claim maintenance from her husband under Section 12 of the Domestic Violence Act.

Justice Rajendra Badamikar, presiding over a single-judge bench, delivered the verdict, rejecting the revision petition filed by the wife in an attempt to overturn the Magistrate court's maintenance order.

A 34-year-old man was found dead, hanging from the neck, in a public park at Prashanth Nagar near the Shahabad Cross in the city on Saturday.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah inaugurated the 'Pallakki' non-A/C sleeper luxury bus of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) on the premises of the Vidhana Soudha in the city on Saturday.

With pressure mounting on his government to make public the state's socio-economic and educational census, popularly known as the 'caste census', Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said a decision will be taken once he receives the report next month.
The CM's statement comes days after the Bihar government released data of its caste survey.

Two female students and a professor were injured after they were knocked down allegedly by a car driven by another teacher inside the campus of Maharani Cluster University here on Saturday morning, police said.

Shivamogga Rural Police have filed a suo motu case against Sangh Parivar leader Arun Kumar Puthila for making a provocative statement at Ragigudda, in direct violation of the prohibitory orders enforced by the police in the town.