A Special Investigation Team of the Karnataka police have arrested four persons in connection with the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, reports Indianexpress.com.

All schools and colleges across coastal Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district will remain shut on Wednesday and Thursday as heavy rains disrupt normal life, said an official.

Two shepherds lost their lives after lightning struck them on the late night of Tuesday. The incident was reported from Ganginakote village in Honnali taluk of Davangere district.

Chamundeshwari constituency MLA G T Deve Gowda said that the party leadership would decide whether the JDS would require alliance with the Congress or not for the forthcoming Lok Sabha election after completing one year of JDS-Congress coalition government in the state.

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday asked the state government why don’t the case of suspected death of Sangeeta at Nityananda Ashram of Bidadi Dhyanapeeta be handed over to CBI enquiry.

General public have caught a person who was roaming near a masjid with a hatchet in his hand and wearing burka and handed over to the police at KG Halli in Bengaluru on Tuesday. The arrested is identified as Shivaraj (25).

Cyber Crime Branch police have arrested a cab driver on charges of spreading the rumour that Saalumarada Thimmakka was died on social media on May 25.

When a cold war which has been there for the last eight months between the groups of two communities regarding installing Bhagavad Dwaja turned frenzy on Monday night, two youths were attacked by the youth of another community, near the Lal Bahadur Shastri stadium in the town.