The hearing into RTI activist Vinayaka Baliga murder case has reached a decisive stage. Identifying of the butcher knife used in the murder, by the shop keeper who had sold it to the accused killers has made the case stronger. There are a total of 7 accused in the murder case, including NaMo brigade founder Naresh Shenoy who is the main accused. As the accused were very influential, major witnesses had given statements in their favour which had made the case weaker. The shop keeper who had sold the murder weapon had turned a hostile witness too. But S Balan, the special prosecutor has succeeded in bringing out the truth from these hostile witnesses by cross-examination in the court.

Bengaluru: For the second consecutive day, the maximum temperature in Bengaluru city stayed at 38.5 degree Celsius, said C P Patil, Director of Meteorological Centre, Indian Meteorological.

Ramanagara: Five students of an engineering college, including three women, drowned at the confluence of the Cauvery river at Mekedatu in Kanakapura Taluk of the district, police said on Monday.

JD(S) Parliamentarian from Hassan and grandson of party Supremo HD Deve Gowda, Prajwal Revanna, who is facing charges of involvement in the sex scandal of Hassan, was expelled from the party on Monday.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi abuses the Gandhi family because he does not have any achievements to his credit.

The Congress on Monday held protests in Karnataka demanding the immediate arrest of Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing allegations of sexually abusing hundreds of women.

Former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has strongly urged the media to refrain from implicating him and his father, HD Deve Gowda, in the recent JDS MP Prajwal Revanna pen drive scandal.

All India Mahila Congress President Alka Lamba on Monday accused the BJP and JD(S) of being silent over the alleged sex scandal involving Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna and said the horrifying case of violence against women has shocked the nation.