Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwar said that KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao has clarified that the Congress would fight the local bodies elections independently without having alliance with any other political parties.

The body of an engineer hailed from Mangaluru who slipped into the Bhadra river at Ambathirtha near Kalasa town and was missing recently, was found at Magundi in NR Pura taluk on Thursday.

Agriculture Minister HN Shivashankar Reddy said that due to scanty rainfall in 13 districts including Raichur, Koppal, Bidar, Kalaburagi, Davangere and Chitradurga, the sowing percentage in kharif season has come down drastically.

The SIT officials have interrogated the owner of a resort of Belagavi in related to Gauri Lankesh murder case, sources said.

A strong leader from backward classes and voice of communal harmony and senior Congress leader BK Hariprasad filed his nomination papers for the post of Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman post as UPA candidate.

After a respite for few days, heavy rains lashed the district on Wednesday and wrecked havoc as streams and rivers were in spate and public property was damaged.

A teacher died when her scooter rammed to a tractor in White Field police station limits in the city on Tuesday.

Former minister, Challakere’s former legislator Thippeswamy passed away this morning. He was 76 years old. Thippeswamy breathed his last at Columbia Asia Hospital in Bengaluru where he was admitted following a severe illness.

Thippeswamy was Excise and Irrigation Minister in the governments led by HD Devegowda and JH Patil respectively. He was elected as MLA from Challakere Assembly constituency in 1985 for the first time.