Hassan: A 50-year-old man died of electrocution when he accidentally came in contact with live wire while working in a farm situated in Hariharapura village of Kamati Koodige of Alur taluk.

Kolar: One person was crushed to death and three other men sustained severe injuries as a rock fell during a blast at a quarry near Makarahalli of Tekal hobli in Malur taluk.

Gadag (Karnataka): Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said that if the delimitation exercise is based on population, it will be an injustice to the southern states as it would reduce their representation in the Lok Sabha and urged people to unite against this "injustice."

Bengaluru: The medical education department has issued a show cause notice to a doctor from Victoria Hospital for allegedly assaulting her elderly in-laws and harassing them along with her children, officials said on Sunday.

Gadag (Karnataka): Defending the decision to introduce a 4 per cent reservation for Muslims in public contracts, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Sunday hit out at the BJP for opposing it and asserted that the Congress government thinks about all citizens.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister Sharan Prakash Patil on Sunday called for the cancellation of wills and property transfers in cases where senior citizens were reportedly abandoned in government hospitals by their children after the transfer of property to their names.

Bengaluru: Three people have been arrested after two groups of Nepali citizens allegedly clashed while celebrating Holi at Lalbagh Botanical Gardens creating panic among visitors, police said on Sunday.

Mandya, Mar 16 (PTI): In a suspected case of food poisoning, a 13-year-old boy died, and 28 other inmates of an unauthorised hostel run by a private school here were admitted to the hospital on Sunday after complaining of stomach pain following the consumption of food prepared for Holi celebrations, police said.