Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Saturday urged the Centre to scrap the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) and allow states to conduct their own entrance tests.

Bengaluru: A 35-year-old woman allegedly strangled her three and half year-old autistic daughter to death and surrendered before the police, officials said on Saturday. The woman had twin girls, both of whom are autistic. While one of them is mildly autistic, the other one has severe autism, they said.

Bengaluru: A court here on Saturday extended the police custody of Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa along with his friend Pavithra Gowda and eleven others, who are accused in connection with the Renukaswamy murder case, by five more days.

Bengaluru: A delegation of Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) on Saturday visited the family of Renukaswamy and handed them Rs 5 lakh as compensation.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government on Saturday issued an order increasing the prices of petrol and diesel in the state. The prices of petrol has been hiked by 3.02 per litre while the price of diesel has been hiked by 3 rupees per litre.

In a recent incident reported from Narasimharajapur taluk in Chikkamagaluru district, the CEN Police have registered a complaint from a bank employee who fell victim to cyber fraud, losing Rs 17 lakh.

Chitradurga: Four people traveling in an SUV traveling from Bengaluru to Goa were grievously injured after a collision with a truck near Chikkabennur in Chitradurga taluk and three of them died on the spot while the fourth passenger died at a private hospital in Davanagere on Saturday morning.

Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy, from the JD(S) party, has raised concerns over the substantial subsidies allocated to US semiconductor giant Micron Technology for setting up a $2.5 billion unit in Gujarat.