An eight-year-old girl died after a wall of her house collapsed following heavy rainfall in Karnataka's Bidar district, police said on Friday.

The Kannada film industry on Friday joined the bandh called to oppose release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu with actors, producers, directors and technicians staging a sit-in demonstration here.

As many as 44 flights to and from the Kempegowda International Airport here were cancelled owing to the Karnataka bandh over the Cauvery water sharing issue with Tamil Nadu, airport authorities said on Friday.

The Karnataka bandh called by the 'Kannada Okkoota' to oppose release of water to Tamil Nadu received a good response in Bengaluru and other southern parts of the State on Friday, disrupting normal life.

Yogesh Master's book, "Nanna Arivina Pravadi” was launched during an event at the BIFT Auditorium in Bengaluru on Thursday. This event was organized by Shanti Prakashna Mangalore, in association with the "Seerat-ul-Nabi (PBUH) campaign on the theme 'Architect of Human Equality - Prophet Mohammed' under the auspices of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Karnataka.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister, DK Shivakumar, has clarified the government's stance on protests related to the Cauvery water issue. While people will not be prevented from staging protests, the government will not permit a 'Karnataka bandh' called for by some pro-Kannada organizations on Friday.

In a surprising incident in Mandevala village of Jewargi taluk, a procession held to commemorate the birth anniversary of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh on September 28 sparked outrage among the locals.

In an incident reported from N Devarahalli in Chitradurga district, a specially-abled couple faced social boycott and were slapped with a fine of Rs 30,000 by leaders of the Jogi community. The couple, Savithramma and Manikantha, both hailing from different castes and living with hearing and speech impairments, had entered into an inter-caste marriage three years ago.