Bengaluru: A computer science graduate has been arrested for allegedly stealing 133 laptops, 19 mobile phones, and four tablets worth Rs 75 lakh from paying guest accommodations of IT employees in the city, Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayananda said on Tuesday.

Chikkamagaluru: A 14-year-old girl died after collapsing suddenly on Saturday morning at the Kittur Rani Chennamma Residential School in Sokke village of Ajjampura taluk.

Taking a dig at BJP's state-wide drought study tour, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday asked the opposition party to approach the Central government and ensure that the state gets the relief funds at the earliest.

Karnataka Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara on Tuesday said Rudragouda D Patil whose name has figured in the First Division Assistant recruitment test scam, has escaped to Maharashtra, and police have been directed to catch him wherever he was holed up.

Veteran politician and former minister D B Chandre Gowda, who vacated his Lok Sabha seat for former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi that allowed her to stage a political comeback post Emergency in 1978, passed away at his residence in Daradahalli in Mudigere taluk in the district, during the early hours of Tuesday, due to age-related ailments.

Two riders were killed on the spot after their motorbike rammed into an electricity police by the road near The Birchwood Retreat resort in Suntikoppa late Monday night.

Alleging that the Congress administration in Karnataka has completely failed in all sectors and it is totally bankrupt, veteran BJP leader B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday said that this government is "as good as dead." Claiming that his party will not allow the government to continue "this way," the former Chief Minister threatened about BJP launching an agitation against its failures and irresponsible practices.

Bengaluru: Rejecting Narendra Modi's charges against him and his government as a "bundle of lies", Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said he did not expect such talk from the Prime Minister, and sought evidence on the allegations made.