Vijayapura: In an incident reported from Veereshwara Nagar in Muddebihal, a three-year-old girl died after falling into a well near her house on Friday afternoon.

Madikeri: Forest Department officers of Kushalnagar on Saturday arrested two men, Askar and Vinod Kumar, accused of shooting dead two gaurs after gaining entry into reserve forest area illegally.

Mysuru: Former Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Padma Shri awardee, Subbanna Ayyappan, has been found dead in the Cauvery river near Srirangapatna, Police said. People found his body floating in the river on Saturday and it was retrieved, they added.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has urged his followers and Congress party colleagues not to celebrate his birthday on May 15, citing the prevailing tension between India and Pakistan.

Kalaburagi: A passenger traveling on the Karnataka Express (KK Express), which operates on the New Delhi–Bengaluru route, triggered a major security scare on Sunday morning by making a fake bomb threat call to the railway control room. The train was halted at Wadi Railway Station, where a thorough four-hour security check was conducted.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday directed officials to crackdown on illegal stockpiling and black marketing of essential commodities in the state.

Bengaluru: In view of the prevailing security situation in the country, policemen will not be given leaves, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said on Saturday.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has reiterated its warning to passengers not to travel without tickets adding that it had entered into agreements with neighbouring states for checking of its services.