A PU student committed suicide by hanging himself in classroom at Mandavya Excellence PU College on the outskirts of the city.

Veteran Congress leader, political stalwart, front leader of Socialist Movement in the state and former minister Kagodu Thimmappa, on Tuesday, declared retirement from the active politics.

The seers’ protest demanding a comprehensive development of north Karnataka has begun outside Suvarna Soudha in the city.

A mini tractor and a hut were gutted in fire due to an electric short circuit at Naduvalapalya near Gubbi taluk this morning.

The hut engulfed when the fire broke out from a transformer near the hut. The intensity of the fire was such that a nearby-parked tractor too came in the folds of the fire flames. Luckily, no one was present in the hut during the incident. The fire tenders arrived at the spot and doused the flames.

A two-wheeler rider died on the spot when a jeep ran over him after he fell down on the road, near Neralekere Gate in Nagamangala taluk on Monday.

In a shocking incident, a mother and son were united even in the death at Agrahara in the city on Monday.

The Federation of Workers and Owners Associations of road transport has decided to hold a nationwide strike on August 7, urging the central government to withdraw Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill-2017, protect the transport industry and implement Social Security Act for the unorganized workers.

The case of a multi-crore property found in a locker at Bowring Institute in the city is taking twists every day. It is reported that following this case, IT sleuths conducted raids on the house of a BJP leader on Monday.