A man was reportedly lynched by his relatives when he attended the funeral of his wife who committed suicide after setting herself ablaze at Khilarahatti in the taluk on Monday.

Party workers and his followers celebrated the 73rd birthday of their leader and MLA SA Ravindranath here on Monday.

People expressed their anger against actress and former Lok Sabha Member Ramya who did not turn up to have last darshan of actor and former minister Ambareesh in the city.

Revising its circular that PU students can take laptops and mobile phones inside the classrooms, the PU Education Department has allowed only laptops into the classrooms.

The cremation process of mortal remains of senior Congress leader and actor Ambareesh who died on Saturday was completed successfully under the leadership and guidance of Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy.

After paying his last respect to Ambareesh, a fan of the actor committed suicide after hanging himself at Maddur in the district on Sunday.

The mortal remains of former union railway minister and senior Congress leader CK Jaffer Sharief who died on Sunday laid to rest at the Khuddus Sab Kabristan in the city on Monday with full state honour.

Late journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh was identified as 'Durjan' (evil person) by the crime syndicate that plotted her murder, the Special Investigation Team probing the case has said, adding artificial intelligence systems were used to verify identity of suspected people in the killing.