Tumkuru: A farmer lost his life after being bitten by a snake while harvesting grass in the Honnavalli Hobali Ghatinakere village of Tiptur taluk.

The deceased farmer has been identified as 52-year-old Ramesh, son of Rangappa, hailing from Khatinakere village in Honnavalli Hobali. The unfortunate incident occurred when Ramesh was engaged in harvesting grass for his cows.

While working in the barn, he was bitten on his left leg by a snake, resulting in a fatal outcome. Ramesh succumbed to the venomous snakebite on the spot.

A case in this regard has been registered at local police station.

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New Delhi, Apr 13 (PTI): Mumbai Indians beat Delhi Capitals by 12 runs in their IPL match here on Sunday.

Sent in to bat, Tilak Varma hit a 33-ball 59 to power Mumbai Indians to 205 for five.

Ryan Rickelton (41 off 25 balls), Suryakumar Yadav (40 off 28 balls) and Naman Dhir (38 off 17 balls) also made useful contributions.

In reply, DC were all out for 193 in 19 overs, despite Karun Nair's 40-ball 89.

Karn Sharma (3/36) claimed three wickets, while Mitchell Santner (2/43) took two wickets.

For DC, Vipraj Nigam (2/41) and Kuldeep Yadav (2/23) snapped two wickets each, while Mukesh Kumar (1/38) took one.

Brief Scores:

Mumbai Indians: 205 for 5 in 20 overs (Tilak Varma 59; Kuldeep Yadav 2/23, Vipraj Nigam 2/41).

Delhi Capitals: 193 all out in 19 overs (Karun Nair 89; Karn Sharma 3/36).