NITI Ayog Chairman Amitabh Kant on Thursday unveiled a startup incubation centre in this north Karnataka town to promote entrepreneurship in tier-2 and tier-3 cities.

ACB sleuths conducted raids on the houses and offices of three government officers in the state on Tuesday and unearthed illegal assets disproportionate to their known sources of income worth crores and recovered the documents.

Transport Minister DC Thammanna said that he would shortly meet Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy and discuss issuing free bus passes to schools and college students.

Two two-wheeler riders including a pillion died and another injured when a car and the motorbike collided head-on on Goudanakere road near Ayanur in the taluk on Wednesday.

Mangaluru: Police have arrested five persons including Aban (30) who allegedly sexually assaulted three mentally impaired minor girls for two years.

The South Western Railway on Tuesday launched a Captain service in the Bengaluru-New Delhi Karnataka Express train to ensure comfortable journey to long-distance passengers, said an official.

"The senior-most train ticket examiner (TTE) will officiate as Captain of the train to look after passenger amenities and redress their grievances," said Bengaluru Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) R.S. Saxena while launching the service.

In a bid to prove his challenge, a youth plunged into the Hemavati River on Tuesday afternoon and swept away in the flowing water near Akkibalu in KR Pete taluk.

All India Democratic Students Organisation and All India Democratic Youth Organisation have called for schools and college bundh across the state on July 21 demanding free bus passes for all students.