Belagavi: SL Dharme Gowda of JDS was unanimously elected as the Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council on Wednesday.

Bengaluru: Police arrested a local seer Wednesday in connection with the poisoning of prasad at a temple in Karnataka's Chamarajanagar district that killed 15 people.

Kolara: A student died when the school toilet building collapsed on her at Guniguntepalya near Mulabagilu in the district on Wednesday.

Chamarajnagar: Salur Mutt's junior swamiji Immadi Mahadeva, who is one of the accused in the prasada tragedy which took 15 lives, has allegedly made former Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda to drink distilled water around 8 years ago.

Bengaluru: Siddaganga seer who was suffering from health problems has been discharged from Chennai's Rela Hospital.

Chamarajnagar: Priest of the Nagar Temple Doddaiah has reportedly confessed before the police during interrogation that he mixed the poison in prasada of Maramma Temple of Sulwadi.

The investigating team which has been investigating the food poisoning incident at Sulvadi Kichchugutti Maramma temple which claims 15 lives, found a breakthrough in the case. It is said that Ambika, wife of temple manager Madesh, has admitted before the police that the poison was mixed in the food as per the direction of temple trust president and Salur Mutt junior swamiji.

Belagavi: Police arrested more than 10 activists of North Karnataka Action Committee who tried to hoist a separate flag in front of the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha here on Tuesday, urging the government to declare ‘North Karnataka Separate State’, and released later on bail.