Two people died in separate road accidents under city limits on Thursday, February 12.

A six-year-old Class 1 student allegedly lost her two fingers after they got stuck in a door at a government primary school in this district, police said on Friday.

 A 45-year-old man died on the spot after a Kalyana Karnataka Road Transport Corporation bus collided head-on with a bike he was travelling in near Mudhol cross in Maski taluk of the district on Friday.

Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy on Friday told media persons that he had only little knowledge and of the same level as they had pertaining to the issue of leadership change in the state.

The Greater Bengaluru Authority has imposed a complete ban on animal slaughter and the sale of meat within its jurisdiction on the occasion of Mahashivaratri, officials said on Friday.

The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has announced free travel for Second PUC students during the upcoming annual examinations.

Karnataka Deputy CM D K Shivakumar, who returned from New Delhi after meeting the Congress high command amid the leadership tussle in the state, on Friday said he lives with "hope and confidence" and that there will always be fruit for the efforts made.

 Congress MLC Channaraj Hattiholi has dismissed rumours that Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar was planning a coup to capture power in Karnataka, The Hindu reported on Friday.