Three people were killed and seven others critically injured when a KSRTC bus crashed into a stationary truck on the highway near Ittinabail in Yellapur taluk yesterday night, police said.

Chandrashekaranatha Swamiji, the revered head of the Vishva Okkaliga Mahasansthana Math in Kengeri, passed away late yesterday night at the age of 81 following prolonged age-related ailments.