A 12-year-old boy was killed and his mother seriously injured after a man allegedly attacked his elder brother’s family with a knife over a property dispute in Alabanur village of Sindhanur taluk on Wednesday morning.

Members of the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) staged a protest at Kuvempu University on Wednesday, alleging delays in addressing student-related issues.

A recent study has found that appeals are filed in only 0.2% of acquittal cases under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, highlighting a significant gap in the justice process, according to a report by Deccan Herald.

Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Wednesday said everyone in the ruling Congress party will welcome if AICC chief Mallikarjun Kharge, a senior politician with a lot of experience, becomes the chief minister of the state.

 Lokayukta police have arrested a KAS officer and his driver for allegedly demanding and accepting a Rs 30 lakh bribe to pass a favourable order in a pending RRT case.

 A college student allegedly died by suicide here, following which three policemen were suspended over allegations of harassment linked to his death by the victim's family.

 A 36-year-old woman died allegedly by suicide at her home in this district, as she was deeply distressed over a marital dispute, police said on Wednesday.

The Karnataka School Education Department has issued a circular strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs in educational and cultural programmes.