Sagar: A 19-year-old college graduation student died by suicide and a case has been filed against a youngster for abetting it.

Bhavya and resident of Shiralgi in Siddapur taluk of Uttara Kannada district and a student doing her B.Sc degree program in the city's Government First Grade College for Women, died by consuming poison. Pradeep, a native of Shimoga, has been arrested by the city police and sent to judicial custody on the charge of inciting suicide.

Pradeep and Bhavya met each other through social media app, Instagram. Bhavya complained to her parents about Pradeep pestering on call, asking her to fall in love with her, sources said.

Krishnamurthy, Bhavya’s brother, filed a complaint at the local police station against Pradeep, claiming that Bhavya could not tolerate the torture and decided to kill herself by consuming poison.

Police have registered a case based on this complaint and are investigating the matter.

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Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation will operate 1000 additional special services in view of the Christmas festival.

In addition to the existing schedule, the special services will run on 19.12.2025, 20.12.2025 and 24.12.2025. Further, special buses will be operated from various places of intra & Interstate places to Bengaluru on 26.12.2025 & 28.12.2025.

Special buses will be exclusively operated from Bengaluru Kempegowda Bus Station to Dharmastala, Kukkesubramanya, Shivamogga, Hassan, Mangaluru, Kundapura, Shringeri, Horanadu, Davangere, Hubbali, Dharwad, Belagavi, Vijayapura, Gokarna, Sirsi, Karwar, Raichur, Kalaburagi, Ballari, Koppala, Yadgir, Bidar, Tirupathi, Vijayawada, Hyderabad and other places.

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Special buses from Mysuru Road Bus Station will be exclusively operated towards Mysuru, Hunsur, Piriyapatna, Virajpet, Kushalanagar, Madikeri.

The corporation has also announced a discount of 5 per cent on the fare if four or more passengers book tickets under a single reservation. A discount of 10 per cent will be extended on return journey tickets if onward and return tickets are booked simultaneously.

In addition to the above, special buses will be operated from all Taluk/District Bus Stands in the jurisdiction of KSRTC based on the traffic needs.