The death toll in the fire accident at a cracker shop near here reached 14 on Sunday following the death of two more people, police sources said.

Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar who visited the accident site of the Anekal firecracker store where 13 people were tragically killed after a fire broke out at the store on Saturday. The DyCM following the visit during the media interaction announced ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakhs to the family of the deceased.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah officially flagged off 40 (non-AC) 'Pallakki' buses and 100 general transport buses (Sarige) for the Karnataka State Road Transport

Corporation (KSRTC) here at Vidhana Soudha premises on Saturday.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has expressed his condolences following the tragic fire incident at a cracker store here at Attibele, which claimed 12 lives on Saturday.

More than four firecracker outlets were gutted and three individuals were injured after a major fire broke out at a firecrackers shop while unloading firecrackers near Attibele, Anekal Taluk.

In a recent judgment, the Karnataka High Court ruled that a wife engaged in an adulterous relationship cannot claim maintenance from her husband under Section 12 of the Domestic Violence Act.

Justice Rajendra Badamikar, presiding over a single-judge bench, delivered the verdict, rejecting the revision petition filed by the wife in an attempt to overturn the Magistrate court's maintenance order.

A 34-year-old man was found dead, hanging from the neck, in a public park at Prashanth Nagar near the Shahabad Cross in the city on Saturday.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah inaugurated the 'Pallakki' non-A/C sleeper luxury bus of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) on the premises of the Vidhana Soudha in the city on Saturday.